Jug
26997
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
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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