Jug
27197
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27197 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Iconography | Cat |
Description | Cylindrical neck, collared; one loop handle shoulder to collar. Black. With cat on upper body indicated by impressed circles and ears and claws in relief. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a carinated body, cylindrical neck, missing rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a molded cat head and body on the shoulder in relief with concentric circles incised along the body and as eyes. 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 bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1926." |
Height | 17.2 cm |
Thickness | 0.6 cm |
Outside Diameter | 15.6 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 1926 - Field No SF |
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