Pot

26871

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

View All (15) Object Images

Object Number 26871
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Globular body, wide mouth, short flaring neck, two horizontal loop handles on body. Ornamented by band of triangles on shoulder. Similar to 26869, 26870 from other tomb

Cooking pot (olla) with a globular body, flaring collar, flattened rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is decorated with an incised geometric triangle design around the shoulder. 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 red/brown in color. Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior and soot on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the interior of collar. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1118."

Height 16 cm
Width 20.8 cm
Thickness 0.64 cm
Outside Diameter 17.6 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1118 - Field No SF

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.