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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