Pitcher
27371
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27371 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Locus | Obtained at mamacona. |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Description | Plain. Red ware; turnip-shaped with sharp shoulder. Cylindrical bottle neck; one vertical loop handle shoulder to neck. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a carinated body, cylindrical neck, missing rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1275." |
Height | 21.2 cm |
Thickness | 0.47 cm |
Outside Diameter | 20.8 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 1275F - Field No SF |
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