Vessel Fragment
32519
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 32519 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | west of older part. From loosened soil. Burial place turned over in ancient times |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Paint |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Face |
| Description | Large, red clay with painted face. Fragment. The vessel has a modeled face added to the neck including eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. The neck is painted with the features of the face in red, white, and black. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. Fireclouding is present on the rim The catalogue number is written on the interior of neck. Black ink on the interior of neck reads: "1108h." |
| Height | 13.4 cm |
| Thickness | 1.25 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1108h - Field No SF |
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