Plate
31098
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31098 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay | Pigment |
| Description | with decorative painting but no handle. Similar to 31097 Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, flattened rim, no handles, and a flat base. The plate is painted with a band of geometric design around the rim and a central band of a geometric design down the center in red, white, and black. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished finish on the interior. 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 and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2378." |
| Height | 3.4 cm |
| Width | 20.4 cm |
| Thickness | 0.84 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 18.1 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2378 - Field No SF |
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