Jar

33572

From: Peru | Huaca Paraiso

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 33572
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Huaca Paraiso
Culture Area Andean
Locus From the Huaca Paraiso at the entrance to the seaward opening valley of Marques (watered by the river of Chillon).
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Ware
Description

Body somehwat compressed laterally, cylindrical neck with human face, loop handle from shoulder to neck (missing), two bosses on opposite sides of shoulder. On the body in low relief is a ridge arch with animal head at each end, partly enclosing a spotted cat

Height 21.5 cm
Outside Diameter 12.6 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 3380 - Field No SF

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