Accession No

1924.349 C


Description

Light grey stone palette. Rectangular in shape with multiple accretions on both surfaces. Red marks on both surfaces, possibly from grinding red coloured mineral paint. Base is slightly flat with multiple rough areas.


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

1924.349 C


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

220mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
From Room 58. 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)
Original description for 1924.349 [A-D]: 'Manos or upper grinding stones. C: Same type as B but shorter and rougher. It is of interest that the red marks on this was caused by one of the Indians grinding the paint(?) for his f??? on this stone.'

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: Diana Serediuc


Description (Physical description)
Light grey stone palette. Rectangular in shape with multiple accretions on both surfaces. Red marks on both surfaces, possibly from grinding red coloured mineral paint. Base is slightly flat with multiple rough areas.
Event Date 27/1/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc


FM:323586

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