Storage Jar

1997.15.0515

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Artifact Identification Storage Jar   (1997.15.0515)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Food Processing & Preparation T&E
  4. :
  5. Food Storage Equipment
Artist/Maker Pastora Vargas Huatatuca, Union Base, formerly of the comuna San Jacinto del Pindo.
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1986 -1987
Culture Canelos Quichua

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 29.1 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth) 26.2 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 2,244 g
Measuring Remarks Weight converted to grams from ounces. (79 oz.)
Materials Ceramic--Stoneware, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Photo: Natural History, "Ceramics of the Canelos Quicha." 10/1978. 1978P.0019 Whitten, Norman E. Jr. Sicuanga Runa: The Other Side of Development in Amazonian Ecuador. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985. P.68

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Norman E. and Dorothea S. Whitten
Reproduction No
Reproduction Information N/A

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