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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