Jar
27246
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 27246 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Younger western part of the principal excavationa in gravefield 1. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Clay |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Pointed base to globular body; cup shaped funnel neck two horizontal loop handles on shoulder. Painted. Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an ovate body, bulging neck, rounded rim, 2 horizontal cord handles on the body, and a conical (aribaloid) base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with vertical bands of white, red, and brown/orange. 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: "1119." |
| Height | 19.6 cm |
| Thickness | 0.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16.7 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1119 - Field No SF |
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