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| Red-Filmed Natchitoches Engraved Bowl |
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| Mended bowl recovered from excavations of the fosa or ditch north of the palisade. Pottery with decorations on it was not common at Los Adaes. Almost 90% of the pottery fragments, or sherds, recovered at Los Adaes are plain surfaced. Of the roughly 10% decorated sherds, less than 0.5% are red-filmed. This pot was therefore an uncommon pot, and it may have been a gift to the governor‚ a gift which was unfortunately broken, and thrown into the defensive ditch near his house. Diameter is 15.24 centimeters, or 6.0 inches; height is 8.4 centimeters, or 3.3 inches. |
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Photo credit: Don Sepulvado
Source: Williamson Museum, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana |
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