Jar

27116

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27116
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Technique Painted
Iconography Face | Breast | Hands | Fish
Description

Globular body, tapering neck; two vertical loop handles on shoulder. With a face on neck, breasts and hands in low relief; painted fishes on back of pot.

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, effigy-anthropomorphic neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled face on the neck with ear spools, eyes, nose, and mouth. There are raised breasts and arms in relief on the body. The features are painted in red and white and there are two upside down V's painted in red and white on the front of the chest. There are fishes painted on the back of the body in red and white. 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: "1898."

Height 22.9 cm
Width 20.5 cm
Thickness 0.42 cm
Outside Diameter 17.9 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1898 - Field No SF

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