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27311

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27311
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Animal Head
Description

Body tapering to flattened base; wide flaring neck; one loop handle shoulder to neck; On upper body an animal head opposite handle. Black.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled animal head attached to the body opposite the handle. There are two raised arms in relief extending down from the animal head. 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. Evidence of usewear includes surface attrition on the bottom/base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2650."

Height 33.9 cm
Width 26.8 cm
Thickness 0.72 cm
Outside Diameter 24 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2650 - Field No SF

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