Accession No

1924.405 B


Description

One hemispherical bowl of calcareous light grey clay with dark grey core and Kechipauan Polychrome decoration. Slightly inturned rim with rounded lip; hemispherical body with rounded base. Interior and exterior surface finished with matte white slip; on the interior a painted band incorporating opposed pairs of regularly spaced stepped motifs in orange red and reddish brown; band is bordered top and bottom by a single reddish brown line. Exterior with one horizontally painted W-shaped double line in reddish brown, otherwise undecorated. Reconstructed from sherds with one piece missing at rim and intentional central hole at the base, possibly a 'kill hole'.


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

1924.405 B


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

194mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for photograph.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Related Documents)
Display label on firm paper reading in black ink: 'Cremation group 200. Kechipawan Polychrome. 1375-1475'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil reading: '200 A'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Field collection)
Cremation 200. 1924.405 B found covering 1924.405 A. Trench V. Depth in ground 2' 6". 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)
Description for 1924.405 A-B: 'A: Fine olla with red and brown (greenish) glaze, geometric on white, with hole in bottom... B: bowl decorated inside in two shades of brown (glaze + red) with hole in bottom. Pinnawa Glaze Polychrome.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in Louis Clarke's handwriting reading: 'After placing in ground a stick was obviously put through bowl and olla to kill them.'
Event Date 1924
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


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 hemispherical bowl of calcareous light grey clay with dark grey core and Kechipauan Polychrome decoration. Slightly inturned rim with rounded lip; hemispherical body with rounded base. Interior and exterior surface finished with matte white slip; on the interior a painted band incorporating opposed pairs of regularly spaced stepped motifs in orange red and reddish brown; band is bordered top and bottom by a single reddish brown line. Exterior with one horizontally painted W-shaped double line in reddish brown, otherwise undecorated. Reconstructed from sherds with one piece missing at rim and intentional central hole at the base, possibly a 'kill hole'.
Event Date 24/1/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:323531

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