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Middle Period water jar
Object Number 968-14-30/8584
Display Title Middle Period water jar
Descriptions
Object Description Middle Period water jar
Inventory Description Ceramic vessel with rounded base, rounded body, flared neck, no rim, chipped lip, two perforated lug handles in the shape of birds with long beaks located on shoulder of vessel on either side of spout, vessel is painted red with brown pigment decoration, spout is decorated with brown squares, top half of vessel body is decorated with vertical bands of white and painted over with brown zigzags and dots, solid horizontal band of white pigment located below zigzag and dot design, solid brown horizontal band located below white band, bird effigies are painted brown
Classification
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 21.1 x 15.4 x 12.7 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/16 x 5 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 968-14-30/8584, 412 / Middle Period Casma

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