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Object Number
34-119-10/100561.1.210
Display Title
Specimen of Caddo carved pottery
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Titus County, Texas. 34-119. / Russell Bros. Farm. / Typical specimens of "Caddo carved pottery." At the Russell farm. The U. of T. obtained about 550 specimens of pottery from small cemetery about 150' across. Much of this pottery is of fine quality with beautiful intricate designs. There were 64 burials and all skeletal materials had been carried away in solution except from three graves, In these two tiny fragments were barely discernable. / Gift of J. E. Pearce, Chairman of Department of Anthropology, University of Texas."
Keywords
- Household
- Archaeological
Subject
- Pot
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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Titus County
Additional Geographic Terms
Russell Brothers farm
Dimensions
Overall: 12.07 x 15.24 cm (4 3/4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Prof. James Edwin Pearce
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