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

VESSEL NO.: GTW-134 [TX 073/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Deep bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire cloud on the base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire cloud on the base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.9 mm; body, 4.6 mm; base, 5.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A; rim height is 4.8 cm

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has a red slip on its exterior surface. The engraved rim panel has single upper and lower horizontal engraved lines, and the panel itself is divided by an unknown number (probably four) of vertical excised brackets. Between each of the brackets are a series of concentric semi-circular engraved lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Avery Engraved, var. Graves (see Schambach and Miller 1984:119)

Decorative elements on Avery Engraved, var. Graves deep bowl, GTW-134.