Ceramic: Mesa Verde Black-on-white, bowl, AMNH 29.0/9680

Mesa Verde Black-on-white, bowl, Accession 29.0, Catalog #9680. Morris FS 3165. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Temper is granular igneous rock indicating local production at Aztec. Bowl restored with unknown adhesive and minor reconstruction with unknown plaster material; 80% complete. Image AMNH 29.0/9680 A: interior view showing design layout. Image AMNH 29.0/9680 B: closeup of exterior design. Image AMNH 29.0/9680 C: closeup of interior design. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 141, Grave 29, Aztec West Ruin. Concerning Room 141 Morris noted “Neither floor nor ceiling of Room 141 showed the slightest discoloration such as would have resulted from use as a living chamber…The ceiling support is one large pine log, extending north and south; the small poles are of cottonwood, spaced in threes. There is a ventilator opening in each end of the north wall about 2 feet below the timbers. Both the east and west walls are pierced by holes made by relic hunters many years ago” (Morris 1928:370).
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.