Accession No

1924.402 B


Description

Hemispherical bowl of Pinnawa red-on-white ware with white slipped interior and exterior, the exterior decorated with red painted key-like border below the rim. Wide mouth with inturned rim; rounded body with gently rounded base. Blackened patches on exterior, possibly from firing.


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

1924.402 B


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

100mm


Events

Context (Display)
Handwritten display label reads: 'Polychrome wares brought to Kechipaun from the Gila Valley. Approximate date 14th century.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (Field collection)
Cremation 264. Ashes were contained in 1924.402 A, which was covered by 1924.402 B. No objects found outside. Trench V, Depth 4.3'. 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)
Catalogue Card: 'A. Fine Gila type olla decorated on top black on yellow with base of bright red... B, a bowl, buff with geometric design in red on outside (?Pinnawa Red on White).'
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: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Hemispherical bowl of Pinnawa red-on-white ware with white slipped interior and exterior, the exterior decorated with red painted key-like border below the rim. Wide mouth with inturned rim; rounded body with gently rounded base. Blackened patches on exterior, possibly from firing.
Event Date 21/1/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:323455

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