Plate
31157
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31157 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Description | Half of Plate Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The plate has two protrusions from the rim and is painted with Incan style geometric designs in black and red. 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: "2216a." |
| Height | 4 cm |
| Thickness | 0.87 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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