Jar
27415
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27415 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Plain. Elongated spheroidal body; melon neck; everted lip; two vertical loop handles on shoulder. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, bulging neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a smoothed finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1623l." |
| Height | 21.4 cm |
| Width | 18.6 cm |
| Thickness | 0.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17.6 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1623E - Field No SF |
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