SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas

VESSEL NO.: GTW-472 [TX 130/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted-direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 3.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.0 cm, circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The lower rim panel is defined by upper and lower horizontal engraved lines; the upper rim panel is plain. The lower rim panel is divided into four areas by sets of three vertical engraved lines and sets of two outer curvilinear engraved lines. There are excised tick marks on each of the curvilinear engraved lines as well as upward- and downward-pointing tick marks on the horizontal engraved lines that define the panel. The rim is also notched from right to left on the lip.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl, GTW-472.