Olla (uncertain)
Jar (uncertain)
27152
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Olla (uncertain) |
| Object Number | 27152 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Obtained at mamacona. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Fish | Feet |
| Description | Flat base, depressed body; wide mouth; everted lip; two horizontal loop handles on upper body. Large with painted fish with feet. Wide mouthed vessel with an ovate body, no collar, flaring, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has a red slip and is painted with fish and a quadruped animal in black, red, and white. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed 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 in black ink on the interior of vessel. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "844." |
| Height | 19 cm |
| Thickness | 0.56 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 31 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 844 - Field No SF |
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