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Creation Date
2019
Description
PROVENIENCE: upper burial No. 1, Md. B
VESSEL NO. AND GILCREASE MUSEUM ACCESSION NO.: Vessel 1348; 5425.2207
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a slightly tapered neck
RIM AND LIP FORM: direct rim and a flat lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black; fire clouding
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.2 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 29.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.7
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.6; maximum body width is 18.2 cm
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.2
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.73
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper part of the vessel body has six closely-spaced horizontal engraved lines.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Hickory Engraved
Hickory Engraved bottle, Vessel 1348.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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