Bottle
27148
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27148 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Found within a mummy base which is an exceptional thing in the case of pottery. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Face |
| Description | Flat bottom, cylindrical neck. painted. With a face on neck Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, cylindrical neck, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled face on the neck with ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. The body is painted with stylized double sided animal heads in white, red, and black. The face is also painted red, white, and black. 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. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "270a." |
| Height | 12.1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.1 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 270A - Field No SF |
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