The object to be worked on is a 14 cm high spherical pot made of fired ceramic, which comes from the American Archaeology Collection of the Ethnological Museum. The object was donated to the museum by the collector Julius von der Zypen in 1907. The outside of the cylindrical mouth (5 cm) and a third of the adjoining surface of the belly are decorated with polychrome cold painting. The painting is relatively well preserved and shows geometric patterns in the colours red, white, brown and black. As a result of an old restoration, the five muzzle fragments were in a glued state. The other surfaces on the outside and inside are unpainted, matt and terracotta-coloured. The find location 'Pachacamac' was noted in black lettering on the base sherd. The broken edges are in good condition and have a very good fit. The object was fragmented and stored in an old photographic paper box containing acid, making it unsuitable for museums. In the course of the work, it turned out that 30 shards did not belong to the object. The object presumably only shattered after arriving at the museum, as it is depicted on the existing index card in an intact state.