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Two huge cooking pots and heat soot on outer surface
Two huge cooking pots and heat soot on outer surface
Object Number 34-119-10/100561.1.125
Display Title Two huge cooking pots and heat soot on outer surface
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Harrison County, Texas. 34-119. / Left: H. R. Taylor farm. With burial A-59. Height of pot, 19"; diameter, 16" / Right: R. L. Cason farm, 8 mi. N.W. of Daingerfield, Morris County, with burial no. 4. / Height, 17 1/2"; diameter 13 3/4". / Both are huge cooking pots and bear soot on the outer surface. These are the largest vessels found in Texas date, (1933) / Gift of J. E. Pearce, Chairman of Department of Anthropology, University of Texas."
Keywords
  • Household
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Vessel
Department Photographic
Date 1900-1934
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Texas / Harrison County / <City> / HR Taylor farm
Intrasite burial A-59
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Prof. James Edwin Pearce

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