Plate
31091
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31091 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Iconography | Bird Head |
| Description | Bird Head Handle, Broken Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, inward sloping rim, 1 effigy-zoomorphic handle on the rim, and a flat base. The plate is painted white on the top surface with a band of geometric design running through the center in red and black. The handle is painted brown and is in the shape of a bird head. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2362b." |
| Height | 7.1 cm |
| Width | 24.3 cm |
| Thickness | 0.71 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17.2 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2362B - Field No SF |
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