Neck Sherd
31765
From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31765 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Ware |
| Description | Blackware Head, neck of a bottle Neck fragment of a Face-neck vessel with an unknown body, flattened rim, and an unknown base. There is a molded face is present on the neck including eyes, nose, mouth, ears, earrings, hair, and hat. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the vessel is black and the ceramic paste is gray in color. The catalogue number is written in black ink. Black ink on the back of the neck reads: "2779." |
| Height | 6.1 cm |
| Width | 6.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2779 - Field No SF |
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