Vessel
31043
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31043 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 1350-1500 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Bowl Shaped with Foot One footed Cooking pot (olla) with a tapering body, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 1 horizontal strap handle on the body, and a footed base. The vessel has a raised snake in relief on the shoulder opposite the handle. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. Evidence of usewear includes soot on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2336." |
| Height | 15 cm |
| Width | 18.9 cm |
| Thickness | 1.14 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2336 - Field No SF |
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