Jar
27112
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
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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