Vessel
31829
From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 31829 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Plain double vessel with whistle in closed neck which is longer than open neck. Strap horizontal handle set with face vertical, black Narrow necked whistling vessel with a double-chambered globular body, cylindrical neck, flattened rim, 1 bridge handle extending between the necks, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. whistle in the top of the longer neck. No decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere with localized oxidation as the ceramic paste is gray and buff in color. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink on the base. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2788." |
Height | 14.5 cm |
Length | 17.1 cm |
Width | 8.5 cm |
Thickness | 0.4 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 2788 - Field No SF |
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