Cup
31795
From: Peru | Pachacamac (uncertain) | La Centinela (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31795 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac (uncertain) | La Centinela (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | obtained at San Pedro |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Human Face |
| Description | Approximately cylindrical black cup, well executed unfinished human face Cup or 'qero' with an effigy-anthropomorphic body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. There is a modeled/molded and incised face with ears, nose, eyes, mouth, and headdress. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere with localized reduction as the ceramic paste is orange and gray in color. The catalogue number is written in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "1189." |
| Height | 10.5 cm |
| Width | 9 cm |
| Depth | 8.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1189 - Field No SF |
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