Cup

26798

From: Peru | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 26798
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Locus obtained at Mamacona
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Flat base, flaring side and impressed with band of geometrical design, midway

Cup or 'qero' with a flaring body, no neck/collar, flattened rim, no handles, and a concave base. No molded/modeled additions. Impressed with a band of geometrical design. There appears to be a scraped finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is buff and orange in color. The catalogue number is written in black ink. Black ink on the bottom and interior of vessel reads: "1208."

Height 16.5 cm
Thickness 0.7 cm
Outside Diameter 13 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1208 - Field No SF

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