Jar

27112

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27112
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Locus Obtained at Mamacona
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Technique Painted
Description

Body tampering to flattened base, neck cylindrical: two vertical loop handles on body. With a face on neck and painted design on upper body

Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, flaring neck, missing rim, 2 strap handles on the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a modeled/molded face on the neck. The vessel is painted with geometric designs and delineating the features of the face. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "654."

Height 30.2 cm
Thickness 0.57 cm
Outside Diameter 25.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 654 - Field No SF

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