Vessel
31041
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 31041 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Inca |
Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
Culture Area | Andean |
Date Made | 1350-1500 |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Description | Bowl Shaped with Foot One footed Cooking pot (olla) with a squat-globular body, flaring collar, rounded rim, 1 horizontal strap handle on the body, and a footed base. There are no molded/modeled additions and no decoration. There appears to be a burnished 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. Evidence of usewear includes residues/staining on the exterior. There is a reddish brown stain on the exterior. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "31041." |
Height | 26.6 cm |
Width | 22.5 cm |
Thickness | 0.74 cm |
Outside Diameter | 17.4 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 2334 - Field No SF |
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