Accession No

TEMP.03296


Description

Body sherd of tan slipped Matsaki polychrome ware, decorated with a painted band in black and red incorporating a stair-step motif.


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

TEMP.03296


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
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: Zahni Blumenthal


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


Context (Found together / assemblage)
This sherd was found loose inside of 1924.433. It is unclear if this association relates to the original excavation context or a later museum context. It has therefore been assigned a TEMP number.
Event Date 21/1/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Body sherd of tan slipped Matsaki polychrome ware, decorated with a painted band in black and red incorporating a stair-step motif.
Event Date 21/1/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:323436

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