Pitcher
27223
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27223 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Technique | Painted |
Description | Tapering body, flaring neck, one vertical loop handle shoulder to neck. painted. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, outward sloping rim, 1 strap handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted red with vertical bands of geometric designs in white, black, and gray(?). The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the base and rim. Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "255." |
Height | 23.8 cm |
Thickness | 0.52 cm |
Outside Diameter | 17.6 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 255 - Field No SF |
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