Accession No
1924.589.20
Description
One solid handle fragment, oval in cross-section, of calcareous buff clay with grey core and red burnish, possibly from a ladle or dipper. The rounded end is bent at a 90 degree angle.
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
1924.589.20
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
45mm
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)
One solid handle fragment, oval in cross-section, of calcareous buff clay with grey core and red burnish, possibly from a ladle or dipper. The rounded end is bent at a 90 degree angle.
Event Date 22/1/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:323453
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