Accession No
1924.528 B
Description
Hollow-based spear or arrowhead made from bifacially chipped, dark grey coloured stone. Elongated, sub-triangular blade with rounded shoulders flanking a hollow base.
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
1924.528 B
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
57mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Room 84, Top Level. 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 card for 1924.528 [A-H]: 'Spearhead of stone with concave base, pottery fragments, bit of iron, bone implements and a bit of paint. Bone showing beginnings of making of beads'
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)
Hollow-based spear or arrowhead made from bifacially chipped, dark grey coloured stone. Elongated, sub-triangular blade with rounded shoulders flanking a hollow base.
Event Date 27/1/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:323671
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