Accession No
1924.410 D
Description
A string of 41 beads made of shell. Each oblong in shape, incorporating part of aperture and spire.
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]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.410 D
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Cremation 158, Trench V. Depth 6' 5". Found in jar [1924.410 A]. 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
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.140 C-E: '48 beads of shell of three varieties'.
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: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
A string of 41 beads made of shell. Each oblong in shape, incorporating part of aperture and spire.
Event Date 17/1/2025
Author: Jodi Zhang
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