Bottle

27338

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield III

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27338
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield III
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Black. Flattened.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a lentoid body, cylindrical neck, flattened rim, no handles, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. There is a post-fired incised cross on one side of the vessel. 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. Fireclouding is present on the body. There is a gathering of clay on the interior of one side of the body visible through the hole in the base. This is where the body was closed. There is a post-fired incised cross on one side of the vessel. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2126."

Height 23.2 cm
Width 16.8 cm
Depth 15 cm
Thickness 0.48 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2126 - Field No SF

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