Jug

26997

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 26997
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Technique Painted
Description

Body shouldered, swollen neck with everted lip; one vertical loop handle on body. Painted. Tri-colored red-black-white

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, compound neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. the neck has a bulging section at the bottom and a flaring section at the top. The vessel is painted with a band of geometric pattern around the body in red and white and a band of red around the rim. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing and reducing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange and gray in color. Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior and mottled black staining at the interior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1851."

Height 15.5 cm
Width 19.4 cm
Thickness 0.73 cm
Outside Diameter 16.7 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1851 - Field No SF

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