Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, duck effigy pitcher, AZRU1-856

McElmo Black-on-white, duck effigy pitcher, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #856. Morris FS 5416. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Vessel is only 80% complete with 50% of the original pitcher and about 30% reconstructed with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 2.5 cm orifice diameter, 7.5 cm height from base to ducks back, 13 cm height from base to top of handle. Sherd and crushed rock temper is inconclusive as to production locale. Image AZRU1-856 A: side view. Image AZRU1-856 B: anterior (front) view. Image AZRU1-856 C: top view showing orifice. AZRU1-856 D: top view showing orifice. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 181, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 181 at the time of excavation is as follows. “….considerable deposit of refuse…[continuing] well above the level of the third story…[Of the items found in the refuse deposits in the room] only two of the specimens are of special interest. One is a bird effigy of which the head was not found, the only one of its kind the writer has observed among later wares. The other, is the top of another bird effigy with head, wings, and tail in relief, and a T-shaped hole in the back…In the debris above the refuse was charcoal from a burned ceiling, presumably the third.” (Morris 1928:373) Reference: Earl Morris, 1928, Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part V, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

麦埃尔莫白底黑彩（McElmo Black-on-white）鸭形陶壶（duck effigy pitcher），入藏编号AZRU-00001，目录号856，莫里斯FS 5416号记录。2011年由洛里·里德（Lori Reed）完成分析检测。该陶壶整体保存度仅为80%，其中原始壶体残存50%，剩余约30%由未知石膏材料修复补配。尺寸参数如下：口径2.5厘米，器底至鸭背的高度为7.5厘米，器底至把手顶端的高度为13厘米。根据陶片与碎岩石羼和料，无法确定该器物的生产产地。图片信息：AZRU1-856 A：侧视图；AZRU1-856 B：正（前）视图；AZRU1-856 C：展示器物口径的俯视图；AZRU1-856 D：展示器物口径的俯视图。该器物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）181号房址的发掘。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘期间对181号房址的描述如下："……存在大量废弃物堆积……其堆积高度远超第三层楼层平面……[该房址废弃物堆积中出土的遗物]仅有两件标本具有特殊研究价值。其一为一件鸟形陶塑，缺失头部，为笔者在晚期陶器中所见同类器物中的孤例。其二为另一件鸟形陶塑的上部，带有浮雕的头部、翅膀与尾部，背部带有T形孔洞……废弃物堆积上方的碎屑中发现了来自被烧毁天花板的木炭，推测为第三层的天花板。"（Morris 1928:373）参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第26卷第5分册，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。