Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten in pencil on base, 'Mesa Verde'. Handwritten label adhered to object, reads '140. from Ruin Mesa V[?]' then in a second hand '?McElmo B on W 900-1100'
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Context (Field collection)
Accession Register for 1900.7 A-D: 'Two from Ruin Mesa, S.W. Colorado, one from Montezuma Cañon and one (largest) from Long House Ruin Cañon.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for for 1900.7 A-D: 'Pottery bowls - interiors decorated with black painted patterns. 1900.7 C is a ladle with the handle broken off.'
'A is also a ladle. J. Somerville 1/12/2003.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1900.7 A-D: 'Four deep earthenware bowls, the inside of which are ornamented with painted designs. Originally provided with handles, except the largest bowl.'
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Mr J.B. Close of Shelford.
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Bowl of bichrome ladle, possibly McElmo Black and White Ware, missing handle, reconstructed from sherds, with simple upright rim on rounded asymmetric body and flattened base. Decorated around interior rim with black lines arranged around two semicircular shapes on white slip. Surfaces well smoothed, material buff in colour with gritty temper.
Event Date 28/3/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck