Bowl
Lobster
31051A
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
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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