Jug
27233
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27233 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Pear- shaped body, cylindrical neck ( broken) one vertical loop handle. painted: black stripes. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, missing neck, missing rim, 1 strap handle on the neck to body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with vertical stripes in red, black, and white (?). 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. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "310." |
| Height | 12.6 cm |
| Thickness | 0.62 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13.4 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 310 - Field No SF |
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