Bottle
26789
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26789 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Globular body, slightly expanding neck. Painting on neck, checkerboard design. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, cylindrical neck, flat rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. There is a band of painted black and white squares around the neck. 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 and buff in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "819." |
| Height | 25 cm |
| Thickness | 0.57 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 18.4 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 819 - Field No SF |
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