Cup
26731
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26731 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Period | Tiahuanaco II |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Pottery: red-black-yellow, flattened base, flaring side. Painted: Tiahuanaco II style Cup or 'qero' with a flaring body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with a Tihuanaco style design in red, black, and orange. 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. Pencil on the interior of the vessel reads: "1619." |
| Height | 9.3 cm |
| Thickness | 0.49 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.3 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1619 - Field No SF |
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