Accession No

1924.412 C


Description

Globular jar with buff fabric. Simple rim, slightly thickened at exterior; rounded body on round base. No evidence of decoration; exterior blackened. Reconstructed with sherds and plaster infill.


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

1924.412 C


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

270mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Note found inside vessel reads: 'Basket makers culture/ III'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'K 168' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Two bowls from the interment remained in America at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Field collection)
Part of Burial 168, under room 37. The body of a man lying on his back with knees bent. Apparently the body had been covered with a wooden framework, fragments of wood. Remains of shell bracelets (1924.596) recovered. Body covered with bark. Red paint under chin, under bowls, which were inverted, were found remains of baskets (Z 2585 A-F) containing food. 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)
Cooking pot.
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: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Globular jar with buff fabric. Simple rim, slightly thickened at exterior; rounded body on round base. No evidence of decoration; exterior blackened. Reconstructed with sherds and plaster infill.
Event Date 22/1/2025
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:323466

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