Bowl

26848

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Pachacamac Temple | Beneath The Temple

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 26848
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Pachacamac Temple | Beneath The Temple
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Earthenware | Ceramic
Description

Earthenware

Wide mouthed vessel with an ovate body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with geometric designs in red and white. There appears to be a smoothed 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. The catalogue number is written on the interior of the vessel and black ink on the interior of vessel reads: "1186g."

Height 11.8 cm
Thickness 0.78 cm
Outside Diameter 17 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1186g - Field No SF

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