Accession No
1924.525 B
Description
Obsidian flake with some retouched edges, possibly an incomplete arrowhead with tang.
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
1924.525 B
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Obsidian
Local Term
Measurements
31mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Room 75, Kiva. 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)
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue for 1924.525 [A-F]: 'Bone implements including a notched thigh bone, probably a primitive musical instrument, arrowhead, etc.'
Event Date 1924
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)
Description (Physical description)
Obsidian flake with some retouched edges, possibly an incomplete arrowhead with tang.
Event Date 27/1/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:323632
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