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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