Vessel

31829

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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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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