Plate

31106

From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31106
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 600-1000
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay | Pigment
Technique Painted
Description

No handle, painted designs much obliterated

Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, flattened rim, no handles, and a flat base. The plate is painted with a red, white, and black triangle design around the rim and a band of geometric design through the center of the plate in white, red, and black. There are two protrusions on either side of the rim. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. There are scratches on the bottom of the base, possibly a maker's mark (?). Evidence of usewear includes scratches. There are scratches on the bottom of the base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2376."

Height 3.3 cm
Width 12.4 cm
Thickness 0.69 cm
Outside Diameter 20.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2376 - Field No SF

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