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1886.2.115

Red ware ceramic vessel with a flat base, globular body and a tapering neck. Small mouth that is broken around the rim. [ASh [OPS move] 21/03/2016]

1886.2.115

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Collection type
Object
Description
Red ware ceramic vessel with a flat base, globular body and a tapering neck. Small mouth that is broken around the rim. [ASh [OPS move] 21/03/2016]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Lima Region Ancon or Pachacamac
Date
Date collected
1884
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions
Height: max 137 mm, Diameter: max 143 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.2.115
Research and responses

For further information about Commander W.A.D. Acland see Biographies file. He served in Peru in the early 1880s and may have collected these objects at that time [AP 1/9/99]

Search terms: Death, Religion, Vessel, Pottery, Mummy, Grave Good

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