Pot

27350

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27350
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Round bottom; depressed body; everted lip, wide mouth ,black.

Cooking pot (olla) with a carinated body, flaring collar, rounded rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a flat base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. 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 surface attrition on the bottom/base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "27350."

Height 13.5 cm
Width 21.7 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 20.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1860H - Field No SF

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