Bottle

31031

From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31031
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 600-1000
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Description

Small with front half black and red; and back half darker red

Narrow-necked jar/bottle (aríbalo, aryballos) with an ovate body, hyperboloid neck, flared rim with lugs, 2 strap handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. The vessel has a protrusion on the shoulder with a crosshatch on the top. One side of the vessel is painted brown and there is brown line between the base and body. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. 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: "31031."

Height 12.9 cm
Width 10 cm
Thickness 0.44 cm
Outside Diameter 8.4 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2324 - Field No SF

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