Pot

About this object

Narrative

Collected by Mavis Balshaw while living near Paracas, Peru, c. 1968.

Physical description

Terracotta pot. Body is bulbous with a rounded bottom, and two small lug handles on the shoulder. The neck inclines tightly toward the tall rim, which flares widely upwards. The pot is burnished on the exterior, black on bottom and dark orange toward the top, with no other decoration.