Pitcher
27317
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27317 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Black. With a twisted Handle. Flaring neck, globular body. Two small bosses. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 1 twisted handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. There are two raised bumps on the shoulder opposite the handle. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "665." |
Height | 30 cm |
Thickness | 0.42 cm |
Outside Diameter | 19.4 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 1613 - Field No SF |
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