Perishable: Twined Bag AZRU8-1772

Twined Bag, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #1772. Morris FS 5534. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Half of a twined bag with red, brown, and tan stripes. Conical Form. Measurements: L 38.0, 14.0 CM. Images: AZRU8-1772 A: twined bag on mount. AZRU8-1772 B: twined bag on mount 2. AZRU8-1772 C: base view 3. AZRU8-1772 D: detail of base. AZRU8-1772 E: detail of self-patterned design on base. AZRU8-1772 F: frayed upper edge. AZRU8-1772 G: side view 1. AZRU8-1772 H: side view 2. AZRU8-1772 I: base view 1. AZRU8-1772 J: base view 2. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 193, Aztec West Ruin. For Room 193 Morris described typical architectural features and “refuse that had been deposited on the second floor, including fragments of a considerable number of very fine medium-sized water jars and mugs that were shattered, possibly intentionally, judging from their number and the fact that they were practically new and of the same potter. Another atypical Chaco water jar had the entire surface completely hidden by a coat of lacquer bearing an elaborate design in yellow, red, and black” (Morris 1928:362).
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.