Accession No

1924.589.19


Description

Two matching solid handle fragments, oval in cross-section, of white fabric with bichrome decoration of tan slip and black painted pattern of transverse and longitudinal double lines as well as circular dots, possibly from ladles or dippers. Three of the four break edges abraded.


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

1924.589.19


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

86mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
General Digging. Excavated by Samuel 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 1924.589[.1-21]: 'Fragments of handles of ladles, a number of different types and styles'.
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: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Two matching solid handle fragments, oval in cross-section, of white fabric with bichrome decoration of tan slip and black painted pattern of transverse and longitudinal double lines as well as circular dots, possibly from ladles or dippers. Three of the four break edges abraded.
Event Date 22/1/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


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