Vessel
31044
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31044 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Bowl Shaped with Foot One footed Cooking pot (olla) with a tapering body, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 1 horizontal strap handle on the body, and a footed base. The vessel has a raised snake in relief on the shoulder opposite the handle. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Evidence of usewear includes residues/staining on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "31044." |
| Height | 15 cm |
| Width | 19.8 cm |
| Thickness | 1.14 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16.9 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2337 - Field No SF |
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