Jar
31036
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31036 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Small Red Jar Wide mouthed vessel with an ovate body, flaring collar, flattened rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has an orange slip and the collar is painted red. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the interior of neck. Black ink on the interior of neck reads: "2342a." |
| Height | 7.8 cm |
| Width | 8.2 cm |
| Thickness | 0.51 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.9 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2342A - Field No SF |
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