Pot
27350
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27350 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Round bottom; depressed body; everted lip, wide mouth ,black. Cooking pot (olla) with a carinated body, flaring collar, rounded rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a flat base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. 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. Evidence of usewear includes surface attrition on the bottom/base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "27350." |
| Height | 13.5 cm |
| Width | 21.7 cm |
| Thickness | 0.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 20.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1860H - Field No SF |
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