Pot

27255

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 27255
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Locus Obtained at Mamacona.
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Terracotta: collar. Fragmentary. Collar encircles with protuberances.

Wide mouthed vessel with a carinated body, bulging collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. The vessel has pointed projections in a band running around the shoulder and the neck. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange 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: "1212e."

Height 16.8 cm
Width 18.2 cm
Depth 17 cm
Thickness 0.57 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1212E - Field No SF

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