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Thin and light vessel bearing red slip through which design was inscribed
Thin and light vessel bearing red slip through which design was inscribed
Object Number 34-119-10/100561.1.221
Display Title Thin and light vessel bearing red slip through which design was inscribed
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Upshur County, Texas. 34-119. / J. M. Riley farm, 7 mi. E. of Lafayette, Upshur County, Texas. Accompanied burial #2, at depth of 36". / The vessel is very thin and light, and bears a red slip, through which the design was incised. / Height 4 1/2"; diameter 6-7/16" / unusual. / Gift of J. E. Pearce, Chairman of Department of Anthropology, University of Texas."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Household
Subject
  • Vessel
Department Photographic
Date 1900-1934
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Texas / Upshur County / <City> / JM Riley farm
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
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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