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Museum of the Red River Serving Bowl

Item's Choctaw Name:  Ampo Chito

 

Item's English Name:  Serving Bowl (Chichachae Combed)

 

Age:  ca.1840

 

Material: Clay, mixed with fine shell and grog.

 

Dimensions:

Height = 10.8cm

Interior Rim Diameter: 24.8cm

Rim Thickness = 11.54mm

 

 

Origin: The vessel was archaeologically excavated from a refuse pit at site 34MC399.  This was an 1830s-1840s Choctaw homestead site in McCurtain County, OK.

 

Current Owner: Museum of the Red River

 

Location: Idabel, OK

 

Notes -  Serving vessels such as this, were essentially identical to eating bowls, but much larger in size.  They were intended for setting food out at gatherings or for a large family.  Sometimes, they were simply passed around and eaten out of by multiple people.

 

This vessel was recovered in pieces at an archaeological site and restored.  Roughly 40% of it is original, including adjoining sections of the base, rim, and sides.  The only visible tool marks were left by a burnishing implement.  Comb width was roughly 4.95 mm. 

Serving Bowl

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