Flask
31816
From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 31816 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Fish |
Description | Flattened body; long cylindrical neck, black bottle with impressed ornaments pebbled and with two fishes in low relief. Flat curved handle connected with neck at the back Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a lentoid body, cylindrical neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. There is a raised protrusion on the body near the handle. There is raised mold-formed decoration on the body depicting two fish and raised dots. 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. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink on the bottom of the base. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "3113." |
Height | 17 cm |
Length | 12.1 cm |
Width | 10.1 cm |
Thickness | 0.35 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 3113 - Field No SF |
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