Bowl

Lobster

31051A

From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31051A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Lobster
Description

Small vessel containing some crayfish. Handle and base broken off

Cooking pot (olla) with a squat body with inverted walls, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 1 horizontal strap handle on the body, and a footed base. There is a raised squiggly line on the side of the body opposite the handle. There appears to be a burnished 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. Evidence of usewear includes residue/accretions on the interior. There are the remains of crayfish, crabs, and a rodent head inside the vessel. The catalogue number is not visible on the object. No other numbers are visible on the object.

Thickness 0.6 cm
Outside Diameter 12.8 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2339A - Field No SF

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