Pot
31138
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31138 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Small Pot Cooking pot (olla) with a globular body, tapered collar, rounded rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a smoothed 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: "2207b." |
| Height | 6.5 cm |
| Width | 8.3 cm |
| Thickness | 0.37 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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