| Object Number | 31716 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chimu |
| Provenience | Peru |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Cat Head |
| Description | Black with small cat head Narrow-necked jar/bottle (aríbalo, aryballos) with an ovate body, hyperboloid neck, flared rim with lugs, 2 strap handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. There is a modeled/molded cat head on the body just below the neck. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. Evidence of usewear includes residue/accretions on the interior. The catalogue number is written in white ink. Traces of black ink on the interior of neck reads: "3127. |
| Height | 18.5 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Thickness | 0.45 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.1 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 3127 - Field No SF |
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