Rim Sherd

60-14-60

From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 60-14-60
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

rim sherd of Drucker's "black and white on red ware" sand tempered paste, interior painted red with black line along rim and polished, fragment of deep bowl with incurved sides [ Drucker's F, F1 vessel shape] black line along rim , parallel to it on body is awide black line outlined in white with another white line below, design consists of large panels [?] or squares of white placed at intervals around the body, along the sides of the panel is a black "fringe", inside the panel is a black design [possibly an animal] with linear detail done in white

Height 8.7 cm
Width 10.7 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960

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