Pot
27629
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27629 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Flattened base; shouldered; flaring rim. Small Wide mouthed vessel with an ovate body, flaring collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with a geometric design around the exterior of the collar in white, black, and orange. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing and reducing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange and gray in color. The vessel is darkened on the exterior, possibly from use or from firing. The catalogue number is written on the interior of rim. Black ink on the interior of rim reads: "1024g." |
| Height | 7.2 cm |
| Thickness | 0.51 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.4 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1024G - Field No SF |
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