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

VESSEL NO.: GTW-307 [TX 095/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four rim peaks and for strap handles under the rim peaks

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 3.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0 cm, circular and convex

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has three horizontal rows of neck banding. The vessel body has four panels defined by vertical bracket elements. Each bracket is filled with an oval-shaped and semi-circular oval engraved element. Each panel has a large engraved circle with excised spurs, and there is an engraved diamond element at the center of the four circles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigments in the engraved lines on the vessel body

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Nash Neck Banded-Avery Engraved

Nash Neck Banded-Avery Engraved jar with strap handles, GTW-307.