Jar

27333

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27333
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Body tapering to flat base and fluted above; neck slightly expanding; two vertical loop handles on body. Black.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel has regular vertical depressions running down the body. The vessel has regular vertical depressions running down the body. 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. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1932."

Height 13.9 cm
Width 19 cm
Thickness 0.56 cm
Outside Diameter 15.6 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1932 - Field No SF

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