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Object Number:31074
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Peru
Sun Temple
Pachacamac
Culture Area: Andean
Section:American
Materials:Ceramic
Clay
Height: 3.2 cm
Thickness: 0.61 cm
Outside Diameter:10.2 cm
Credit Line:William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number:3287 - Field No SF

Description

with curved handle on top, broken

Round lid with a cord (round cross-section) handle on the top of the lid. No decoration. There appears to be a smoothed 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 top The catalogue number is written on the bottom. Black ink on the bottom of the lid reads: "3287."

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