Effigy Jar
26750
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Sun Temple
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26750 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Epigonal |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Sun Temple |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | tomb |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Incised |
| Iconography | Animal |
| Description | Red ware animal. Wide funnel neck rising from back. Incised Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an effigy-zoomorphic body, flaring neck, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. The vessel is shaped like a seated animal with two ears, eyes, and a nose. The vessel is painted red. There appears to be a burnished 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 base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "3201." |
| Height | 19.9 cm |
| Length | 21.3 cm |
| Width | 14.3 cm |
| Thickness | 0.55 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 3201 - Field No SF |
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