Accession No
1924.399 B
Description
Duck or shoe pot made from reddish-buff coloured ware, previously reconstructed from sherds with areas of loss; traces of white accretion present across interior and exterior surfaces with some sherds showing differential weathering. Wide mouth with slightly everted rim and a small projecting lip on one side; oblong body projects to one side; areas of sooting present on interior and exterior surface.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; New Mexico; Cibola County; Zuni Reservation; Kechib:wa [Kechipauan]
Period
Pueblo IV early Pueblo V c 1425-1680
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator and donor]; Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland [excavator] [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.399 B
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
112mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked in black ink: 'K. Room 8'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
See card for photograph.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Room 8. Excavated by Samuel K. Lothrop, Museum of the American Indian, and Louis Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, as part of the Louis C.G. Clarke Kechipauan Expedition, 19 June – 1 September 1923. See archive (FR5/1/2 – FR5/1/7) and photo collection for excavation notes, drawings, site plans, photographs, etc.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'A. Lower part of a female effigy figure. Cream slip decorated geometrically in black with wavy red lines on leg (right). B. Fragmentary duck or slipper pot.'
Event Date 1924
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (1955). ‘Some Pueblo IV pottery types from Kechipawan, New Mexico, U.S.A.’ Anais do XXXI Congresso Internacional de Americanistas, 1954, vol. 2. Sao Paulo: Editora Anhembi. pp. 657-665.
Event Date 1955
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Duck or shoe pot made from reddish-buff coloured ware, previously reconstructed from sherds with areas of loss; traces of white accretion present across interior and exterior surfaces with some sherds showing differential weathering. Wide mouth with slightly everted rim and a small projecting lip on one side; oblong body projects to one side; areas of sooting present on interior and exterior surface.
Event Date 20/1/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:280909
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