Tumbler
- Title:
- Tumbler
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- W.W. Evans
- Date:
- Middle Horizon (2B?)
- Site:
- Ancash, Peru
- Location:
- Ancash, Peru
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1877_001_0003_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 877.1.3
- File Name:
- Anthr1877_001_0003_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Provincial Huari
- Style/Period:
- Huari
Middle Horizon - Work Type:
- tumblers (drinking glasses)
pottery (object genre) - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
paint - Subject:
- huari pottery
- Measurement:
- 12.3 x 9.3 (rim) x 0.3 (rim) (centimeters, height x diameter x thickness)
- Description:
- Ceramic tumbler, with slightly flaring sides, and rounded rim. Large amounts of small off-white and gray grit temper visible in fabric
medium paste
color: 2.5 YR 6/6, reddish-brown
exterior surface burnished to a medium luster
interior burnished, matte surface
coil-made
hardness: 5 (Moh)
uneven, flat base
almost cylindrical sides
unrestricted vessel
plain rim
upper half of vessel has polychrome painting in black, off-white, and red-brown (10 R A/4). - Bibliography:
- Menzel 1977:104-105
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Collection 'Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections' are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Department of Anthropology. Physical artifacts from the Cornell Anthropology Collections were photographed by Cornell University Library in 2012-13 for inclusion in this image collection. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
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