Plate Fragment
31158
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31158 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 1350-1500 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Half a plate Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, inward sloping rim, 1 cord (round cross-section) handle on the rim, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The plate is painted red with black concentric rings. There is a repeated stripe design in black in between the rings. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished 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 bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2405." |
| Height | 4.2 cm |
| Length | 10.9 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Thickness | 0.6 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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