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Fine grained red slip vessel
Object Number 34-119-10/100561.1.160
Display Title Fine grained red slip vessel
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Lamar County, Texas. 34-119. / T. M. Sanders farm. 1 mi. W. of Direct. / Most beautiful piece at University of Texas. Fine grained red slip. / 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 / Lamar County / <City> / Sanders site
Intrasite burial B-15
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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Interior of small bowl, note scalloped or saw-toothed edge of vessel
34-119-10/100561.1.155 Interior of small bowl, note scalloped or saw-toothed edge of vessel
HE Womach farm
Earthenware pipes from various Texan sites
34-119-10/100561.1.231 Earthenware pipes from various Texan sites
Texas
Shell gorget
34-119-10/100561.1.156 Shell gorget
TM Sanders farm
Five knives from various Texan farms
34-119-10/100561.1.248 Five knives from various Texan farms
Texas
Earthenware pipe
34-119-10/100561.1.151 Earthenware pipe
TM Sanders farm
Head ornament made from columelia of the conch shell
34-119-10/100561.1.163 Head ornament made from columelia of the conch shell
Sanders site
Stone pipe, stem and bowl decorated with incised lines
34-119-10/100561.1.150 Stone pipe, stem and bowl decorated with incised lines
TM Sanders farm
Fragment of pot featuring bird effigy of cockscomb or turkey head type
34-119-10/100561.1.161 Fragment of pot featuring bird effigy of cockscomb or turkey head type
Sanders site
Pot - only forms of decoration are two crudely engraved lines around upper edge
34-119-10/100561.1.157 Pot - only forms of decoration are two crudely engraved lines around upper edge
TM Sanders farm
Small bowl decorated with large coarse nodes, and suspension holes near rim
34-119-10/100561.1.154 Small bowl decorated with large coarse nodes, and suspension holes near rim
HE Womach farm
Vessel with triangular designs in dark red paint, slip background of lighter red
34-119-10/100561.1.159 Vessel with triangular designs in dark red paint, slip background of lighter red
Sanders site
Relief motif on conch shell done so well as to imply portraiture
34-119-10/100561.1.158 Relief motif on conch shell done so well as to imply portraiture
Lamar County