Jar
27140
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 27140 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Locus | Obtained at Mamacona |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Face |
Description | Spherical body; two small vertical loop handles on body. Painted with a face on neck, broken. Face-neck vessel. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with a globular body, effigy-anthropomorphic neck, missing rim, 2 missing handles on the body, and a flat base. The vessel has a molded face on the neck that is painted delineating the facial features in black and red. The body of the vessel is painted with an unknown design in black orange, red, and white. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the Evidence of usewear includes black staining on the interior. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink on the bottom of the base. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1200." |
Height | 13.1 cm |
Width | 11.1 cm |
Depth | 10.7 cm |
Thickness | 0.4 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 1200 - Field No SF |
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