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Object Number 76-19-30/9949
Display Title Water jar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic vessel with flat base, body of vessel flares outward from base, then angles sharply inward to spout, straight spout, spout is thicker at base, no rim, rounded strap handle attaches to shoulder of vessel and side of spout, lower half of vessel, strap handle, and base of spout painted red, spout and top of vessel painted white, top of vessel decorated with a repeated fanged snake motif, one side of vessel appears to have been crushed while vessel was still soft, similar crushing on same side of spout, pigment from crushed side is beginning to fade
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ancash Region / Santa Province / Chimbote
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, coast of
Dimensions Overall: 17.8 x 13.1 x 11.7 cm (7 x 5 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 9949, 12

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