Jug
27372
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27372 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | from mummy |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Plain spherical body, cylindrical neck; loop handle shoulder to neck Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, cylindrical neck, rounded 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 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 vessel is lightly burnished on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "976a." |
| Height | 21.1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.43 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16.3 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 976A - Field No SF |
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