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27317

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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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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