Flask
26771
From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26771 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | with mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Painted; handle missing Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, tapered neck, rounded rim, 1 hollow handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with a geometric design in black, red, and white. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange 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: "1085." |
| Height | 17.8 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Thickness | 0.46 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14.7 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1085 - Field No SF |
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