Figure Fragment

26788

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 26788
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 600-1000 CE
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay
Iconography Hand
Description

Black ware. Broken off from Figure.

Fragment. No molded/modeled additions. The fragment is of a modeled hand. The fragment is of a very detailed modeled hand. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom. Black ink on the bottom reads: "1012."

Height 3.2 cm
Length 10.5 cm
Width 7.9 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1012 - Field No SF

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