Ceramic: Nava Black-on-white, ladle (fragment), AZRU-00001/981

Nava Black-on-white, ladle bowl fragment, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #981, Morris FS 4660. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is trachyte indicating manufacture in the Chuska Valley region. Ladle is missing the handle which was attached to the exterior surface on the side of ladle bowl at top of image. The ladle bowl is 100% complete with about 95% original vessel and 5% a reconstruction with unknown paster material. Measurements: 12 x 9.7 cm bowl diameter, 5.7 cm height. Image AZRU1-981 A: interior view of ladle bowl showing painted design. Image AZRU1-981 B: exterior view showing stub of broken handle. 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.