Jar

27412

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27412
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Plain. Globular body, flaring neck; bound with rope; two vertical loop handles on body.

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, rounded rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a rounded 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 base. There is a braided plant fiber rope around the neck. The catalogue number is written on the interior of neck. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1262g."

Height 27.2 cm
Width 27.3 cm
Thickness 0.61 cm
Outside Diameter 24.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1262G - Field No SF

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