Cup
26795
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26795 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Painted pottery: red-white-black. Flattish base, flaring side Cup or 'qero' with a flaring body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has a painted band of geometric design around the rim in red, orange, white, and black. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the interior of the vessel and black ink on the interior of vessel reads: "682." |
| Height | 7.9 cm |
| Thickness | 0.59 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 682 - Field No SF |
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