Vessel Fragment
26881A
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 26881A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Pre-Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Black. 1 of 2 Vessel fragments Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a double-chambered carinated body, tapered neck, missing rim, 1 bridge handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. Fragment B of this number is a modeled seated figure, which was presumably located on top of the other chamber. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is gray and orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink on the bottom of the base. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1596." |
| Height | 15.2 cm |
| Length | 12.2 cm |
| Width | 11.7 cm |
| Thickness | 0.38 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1596 - Field No SF |
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