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Pottery Fragment

Object Number:26861B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Peru
Pachacamac
Pachacamac Temple
Beneath The Temple
Culture Area: Andean
Section:American
Materials:Ceramic
Height: 7.6 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Depth: 6.2 cm
Thickness: 0.54 cm
Credit Line:William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number:3222G - Field No SF

Description

B: Small fragment of a vessel

Fragment. The fragment is a modeled/molded face with ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and chin. The vessel is painted red. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange and gray in color. The catalogue number is written on the interior. Black ink on the interior of neck reads: "3222g."

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