Bottle

27366

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Beneath The Temple

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27366
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Beneath The Temple
Culture Area Andean
Locus From a mummy
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Plain

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, cylindrical neck, flattened rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. None. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the bottom There is a firecloud on bottom of vessel with partial reduction of surface on the side of the body. The vessel is smooth on the interior. Evidence of usewear includes staining. The catalogue number is written in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the vessel reads: "1075."

Height 16.5 cm
Thickness 0.4 cm
Outside Diameter 13.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1075 - Field No SF

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