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

VESSEL NO.: GTW-97 [TX068/1], B. R. R. (Burial, Red River County)

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a 4.9 mm high pedestal base (Figure 5a)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: N/A

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): body, 7.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.6+ [neck is missing]

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 3.1; maximum body diameter: 19.2 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.5 cm, circular

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has four sets of curvilinear engraved scroll elements filled with incised lines pitched in different directions. Each set of curvilinear scrolls has a single inner engraved triangle element surrounded by incised lines. At the base the scrolls meet to form a board rectangular engraved zone with four negative ovals

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Hudson Engraved (Suhm and Jelks 1962:81 and Plate 41)

Hudson Engraved bottle (GTW-97): a, body and pedestal base; b, restored neck opening and vessel body.