Jar

27106

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield III

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27106
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield III
Culture Area Andean
Locus Obtained at Mamacona
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Technique Painted
Iconography Face | Arms
Description

Flattened base; cylindrical neck; two vertical loop handles on body ( missing) With a face on neck and arms in low relief on body.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, effigy-anthropomorphic neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a red slip (?) and painted designs not legible due to deterioration. There is a modeled/molded face on the neck with ears, eyes, nose, and mouth,. There are two modeled arms on the body, one raised to the chin. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "655."

Height 32.5 cm
Thickness 0.7 cm
Outside Diameter 25.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 655 - Field No SF

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