Plate Fragment

31103

From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31103
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 1350-1500
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Iconography Bird
Description

Bird Handle

Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, inward sloping rim, 1 effigy-zoomorphic handle on the rim, and a flat base. The handle is in the shape of a bird head and there are two protrusions with indentations at their center opposite the handle on the rim (one is broken off). The plate is painted red on the top surface with a black and white geometric design at the center. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2211."

Height 7.1 cm
Width 16.5 cm
Thickness 0.6 cm
Outside Diameter 11.7 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2211 - Field No SF

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