Aryballos
31720
From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31720 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Cat Head |
| Description | Black with crude cat head; slightly broken 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 cat head on the body just below the neck. Two small lugs on either side of the rim. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is gray and black in color. The catalogue number is written in black ink. black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2825." |
| Height | 27 cm |
| Width | 21.5 cm |
| Thickness | 0.73 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2825 - Field No SF |
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