Accession No

1924.451 D


Description

Sixteen sherds of at least 7 different vessels. Mostly from polychrome bowls and jars decorated on the exterior and interior in tan slip with geometric motifs in red, black and dark brown matte pain and glaze. Seven sherds likely from a rough ware. White accretions throughout the surface.


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

1924.451 D


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found with Skeleton 124, Trench I. The sherds were all mixed up together. 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)
1924.451 [A-B]: 'Fragments of ollas and bowls.'
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: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (Analysis)
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 1986
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones


Description (Physical description)
Sixteen sherds of at least 7 different vessels. Mostly from polychrome bowls and jars decorated on the exterior and interior in tan slip with geometric motifs in red, black and dark brown matte pain and glaze. Seven sherds likely from a rough ware. White accretions throughout the surface.
Event Date 29/1/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


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