Plate Fragment
31103
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
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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