Painted black-on-white, effigy arm (Other Keyword)
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Digital images of pottery and perishable items recovered from Earl Morris' excavations of Aztec West Ruin between 1916 and 1922. Although Morris' excavations at Aztec were extensive, his analysis and descriptions of the artifact assemblage were cursory. In 2003, Laurie Webster and Lori Stephens Reed began systematic analysis, documentation, and digital imaging of pottery and perishables from Morris' Aztec West Ruin collections housed at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and...
Ceramic: Painted black-on-white, effigy arm, AZRU-00001/642 (2006)
Painted black-on-white, effigy arm with hand/paw (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #642, Morris FS 4632. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is medium quartz sand. Paste and slip look nonlocal; probably an item produced in the Chaco Cibola area. Arm fragment probably represents less than 5% of original effigy. Image AZRU1-642 A: side view of effigy arm. Image AZRU1-642 B: anterior or front view of arm showing shape of fingers or claws. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva R,...