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Object Number
34-119-10/100561.1.110
Display Title
Bowl decorated with nodes
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "34-119. Texas, Camp County. / Bowl from burial #2, depth 36", P. S. Cash (negro) farm. / Decorated with nodes. Originally there were four large knobs near the rim, spots occupied by two of them showing in photo. No knobs on vessel when it was found in the grave. It is a typical "rattle bowl" with the tattle-knobs missing. / Height, 2 1/2"; diameter, 5". / Bowls of this type usually have nodes with pellets for rattling, these large nodes have dropped off this speciman. Gift of J. E. Pearce. Chairman of Department of Anthropology, University of Texas."
Keywords
- Household
- Archaeological
Subject
- Bowl
Department
Photographic
Date
1900-1934
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Texas
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Camp County
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<City>
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PS Cash farm
Intrasite
Burial 2
Dimensions
Overall: 12.07 x 17.78 cm (4 3/4 x 7 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Prof. James Edwin Pearce
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