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Object Number 37-92-30/1627
Display Title Potsherds
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic body and rim sherds, assorted rims, primarily black on red linear and geometric painted designs on exterior and some interiors, some polychrome with additional white pigment, one finely detailed with alternating squares of thin lines and dots in one area, sherd also features alternating right triangles
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Inca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Puno Region / <County> / <City> / Pucara
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of high decorated sherd): 3.5 x 3.9 x 0.5 cm (1 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 13
Label on object 37-92-30/1627; #10

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