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Creation Date

2019

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VESSEL NO.: 5-10-85

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 8.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 22.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.7; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved horizontal scroll motif with central engraved triangle elements; the scrolls end in hooked arm elements. The central triangle elements have within them small negative ovals with excised rays. Above and below the horizontal scrolls are a series of excised pendant triangles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white in the engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl: a, central triangle element; b, hooked arm elements on scroll motif.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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