Object

Accession No

1924.397 F

Description

Handle of black decoration on white slip, possibly of a ladle. Tubular with circular cross-section, one end extends on one side as part of a larger, missing section; the other end is broken off with a ridged band around it. It is decorated with spirals and bent-back key motifs.

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

1924.397 F

Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

128mm

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'Kechipaun 127 G.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Field collection)
Trench I, burial 127 of a child. 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)
Handle of black and white ladle.
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)
Handle of black decoration on white slip, possibly of a ladle. Tubular with circular cross-section, one end extends on one side as part of a larger, missing section; the other end is broken off with a ridged band around it. It is decorated with spirals and bent-back key motifs.
Event Date 23/1/2025
Author: Clare McKenna

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