41BW4, 6-2-44

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul MitchellVESSEL NO.: 6-2-44, Burial 12VESSEL FORM: Jar with four rim peaks and four loop handles (43 x 7 mm in height and width)NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grogRIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lipCORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rimEXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the rim and bodyWALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.5 mmINTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothedEXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the bodyHEIGHT (IN CM): 7.7ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.3DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 7.6BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.4; circular and flatESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.4DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with six horizontal rows of neck bands. Each of the loop handles has been decorated with three or four appliqued nodes.PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: noneTYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Nash Neck BandedNash Neck Banded jar in Burial 12 at the Paul Mitchell site (41BW4).