Jar

27322

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27322
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Flattened base; bulging neck; two loop handles shoulder to neck. Tapering body. Black

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, bulging neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. 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: "1942."

Height 20.7 cm
Thickness 0.63 cm
Outside Diameter 19.9 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1942 - Field No SF

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