Bottle
27389
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27389 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Found with a mummy deeply interred |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Small. Slightly flattened; long cylindrical neck. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a lentoid body, cylindrical neck, flat rim, no handles, and a flat base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. Evidence of usewear includes residues/staining on the exterior. There is a round reddish stain on the exterior of the vessel. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "377a." |
| Height | 17.4 cm |
| Width | 14.2 cm |
| Depth | 12.5 cm |
| Thickness | 0.37 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 377A - Field No SF |
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