Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43502 [A-B]: 'Sherds, one decorated Matsaki (five glued together) and eight plain orange/red ware.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Samuel K. Lothrop, Museum of the American Indian, and Louis C.G. 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: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
When the Kechib:wa collection was packed for storage in c 1986 the pottery was assessed by museum staff and boxed according to type. These sherds were packed with 'Plain Red Ware' material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 27/1/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Physical description)
Eight sherds from at least two vessels. Six rim sherds with one grey ware and the others orange ware. Two body sherds, one orange ware and one grey ware. Some have a black smoky patches from exposure to heat or fire. All orange ware sherds have been previously restored as some have glue adhered to them.
Event Date 27/1/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc