Context (Field collection)
Burial 136. 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: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1924.445 A-B, in Louis Clarke's hand reads: 'These two, with a bird effigy pot were found with a newly born infant.'
Event Date 1924
Author: Genevieve Holt

Description (Physical description)
Polychrome bowl, imperfect.
Event Date 1924
Author: maa

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: Genevieve Holt

Description (Physical description)
Matsaki polychrome shouldered bowl, object slipped in tan with black hooked and triangle decoration on exterior wall, black cross hatching and line work on interior; red zig-zagged patterns on interior. Black patches on exterior wall, likely caused by exposure to heat or fire. Rounded slightly everted rim, rounded upper shoulder, body tapers to rounded base. Some surface loss on interior walls meaning pigment is no longer visible. Surface cracking and chipping visible. Object reconstructed from sherds.
Event Date 16/1/2025
Author: Genevieve Holt