Bottle

31718

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31718
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Bird Head?
Description

Black; 2 large heads (of birds?) opposite on shoulder

Narrow-necked jar/bottle (aríbalo, aryballos) with an ovate body, hyperboloid neck, flared rim with lugs, 2 strap handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. There is a modeled knob at the base of the neck and two hollow protrusions from the shoulder with three smaller conical protrusions. 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 in color. There are wide burnish lines present. Evidence of usewear includes surface attrition on the bottom/base. The catalogue number is written in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: " 2829."

Height 21.5 cm
Width 19.5 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 16 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2829 - Field No SF

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