Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bird effigy bowl, AZRU-00001/806

McElmo Black-on-white, bird effigy bowl, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #806, Morris FS 4665. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is identified as granular igneous and sand suggesting production at Aztec. Effigy is 90% complete, but missing the head. A small section at the front of the effigy is a reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 7.4 cm maximum orifice diameter, 4 cm height. Image AZRU1-806 A: anterior view showing design and missing head. AZRU1-806 B: left side view showing design and tail. AZRU1-806 C: top view of bowl showing orifice and vessel shape. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva S, Aztec West Ruin. Kiva S is briefly mentioned in Morris (1924) in reference to a burial, but otherwise there is no published description of Kiva S. Reference: Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part III, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.