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27343

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27343
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Depressed body with two bosses; convex contracting neck; two vertical loop handles on body. Black. Lashed with cord network.

Wide mouthed vessel with a squat-globular body, tapered collar, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded base. No molded/modeled additions. there are two bosses on the shoulder and there is network of cord tied around the body. The vessel has two bosses on the body. There is an S twisted 2 ply cotton cord tied in an interlocking net around the body. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. There is a cord tied in a net around the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1930."

Height 16.1 cm
Thickness 0.57 cm
Outside Diameter 22.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1930 - Field No SF

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