Pot

31935

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31935
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Round bottom, neck bulging with everted lip, two horizontal loop handles on body, molded band of textile design on upper body. Red clay pot encircled with engraved ornaments, slightly painted

Cooking pot (olla) with a globular body, bulging collar, rounded rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has an incised geometric design around the shoulder. The pot is painted red with white circles around the handles and collar. There appears to be a smoothed 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 bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2865a."

Height 16 cm
Width 19.2 cm
Thickness 0.82 cm
Outside Diameter 16.8 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2865A - Field No SF

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