Jar
27329
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27329 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Description | Long spheroidal body, tulip neck; two vertical loop handles on body. Black. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, bulging neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a smoothed 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. There are striations from smoothing tool on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1940." |
Height | 21.6 cm |
Width | 22.5 cm |
Thickness | 0.61 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18.7 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 1940 - Field No SF |
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