Pot
31059
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31059 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 600-1000 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | black pot Deep bowl or 'Cazuela' with a squat-tapering body, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a flat base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a burnished finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. Fireclouding is present on the body. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2356." |
| Height | 8.4 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Thickness | 0.89 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.8 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2356 - Field No SF |
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