Jug

27204

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27204
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Technique Painted
Description

Red ware, painted. Globular set on cylindrical hollow base containing rattle. Small, neck missing.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, missing neck, rounded rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a rattle base. No molded/modeled additions. rattle. The vessel is painted with vertical stripes in red, orange, and black. The rattle base has openwork cut in a geometric pattern. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1871a."

Height 10.6 cm
Width 9.7 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 9.3 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1871A - Field No SF

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