Bottle

91-26-30

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 91-26-30
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chimu
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Date Made ca. 1400 CE
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Black burnished ceramic bottle with firing irregularities on one side. Applied angular base with 1/3 missing; lentoid-shaped "canteen" body; 1 lug handle on upper shoulder; applique of some sory opposite handle now missing; cylindrical neck with incised wave pattern; flared rim.

Height 20 cm
Outside Diameter 15 cm
Credit Line Gift of Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1991

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