Bottle Fragment
31143
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31143 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inca |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 1350-1500 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Iconography | Face |
| Description | Bottle Neck fragment; With Face Fragment. The fragment has a modeled face on it with eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth. It is painted red around the face with brown around the rim. The details of the face are outlined in brown. 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 interior of the neck. Black ink on the interior of neck reads: "2404." |
| Height | 10.4 cm |
| Width | 11.1 cm |
| Depth | 9.8 cm |
| Thickness | 0.67 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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