Accession No
Z 43098 B
Description
Two bichrome sherds, possibly from bowl. Both rim sherds. Brown decoration on cream slip.
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
Z 43098 B
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43098 [A-K]: 'Number of sherds of varying types, red on buff with black interior, Hawikuh glaze polychrome, Matsaki and Kwakina.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Likely from Room 43, Upper 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: 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: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with 1924.465 sherds [c 1986], from Room 43, Upper Level.
Event Date 1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Two bichrome sherds, possibly from bowl. Both rim sherds. Brown decoration on cream slip.
Event Date 28/1/2025
Author: J. Dack
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 late polychrome material.
Event Date 29/1/2025
Author: J. Dack
FM:323703
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