Pot
27450
From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27450 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From a mummy. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Plain Cooking pot (olla) with a globular body, flaring collar, pointed rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior and a scraped finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. There are striations on the exterior surface from a tool. Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1161a." |
| Height | 16.9 cm |
| Width | 21.4 cm |
| Thickness | 0.65 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 18.4 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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