Jar

27381

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27381
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Plain. Spherical body; cylindrical neck; two vertical loop handles on body.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, cylindrical neck, rounded 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. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on every fragment. No other numbers are visible on the object.

Height 24.6 cm
Width 24 cm
Thickness 0.57 cm
Outside Diameter 7 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1134 - Field No SF

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