Accession No

1924.504 B


Description

Two clay spindle whorls, and one clay disc. One round burnished spindle whorl in black ware with a central perforation. One square red ware spindle whorl with a perforation on the side. Grey ware round disc with chipped edges all around.


Place

Americas; North America; USA; 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

1924.504 B


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

45mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
From Room 38. 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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1924.504 [A-B]: 'Pottery spindle whorl, etc.'
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: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Two clay spindle whorls, and one clay disc. One round burnished spindle whorl in black ware with a central perforation. One square red ware spindle whorl with a perforation on the side. Grey ware round disc with chipped edges all around.
Event Date 31/1/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc


FM:323824

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