Jug
27336
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27336 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Description | Flattened base; expanding neck; one loop handle shoulder to neck; with lizard on opposite shoulder. Black. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, hyperboloid neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled lizard on the body opposite the handle. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "815." |
Height | 18.1 cm |
Width | 14.3 cm |
Thickness | 0.53 cm |
Outside Diameter | 13.3 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 815 - Field No SF |
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