Accession No

TEMP.03399


Description

Rim sherd of Kwakina Polychrome ware. Exterior red slip with decoration painted in matte white. Interior features red-slipped band at rim and white slip beneath with linear decoration painted in black glaze.


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

TEMP.03399; MAA: ?Z 43473 C.1; ?Z 43474 B


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Possibly from Room 54 (Upper Level) or Burial 142 A. 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 (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. This sherd was packed with Kwakina Polychrome material, which has been added to the Description field.
Event Date 7/2/2025
Author: Sophie Wardle


Context (Found together / assemblage)
I found this unmarked sherd bagged with Z 43473 C.1 and Z 43474 B. I have assigned it a TEMP number and tentatively populated the fields in the record based on the information in those records. These IDNOs have also been added to the MAA Nos. field.
Event Date 7/2/2025
Author: Sophie Wardle


Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd of Kwakina Polychrome ware. Exterior red slip with decoration painted in matte white. Interior features red-slipped band at rim and white slip beneath with linear decoration painted in black glaze.
Event Date 7/2/2025
Author: Sophie Wardle


FM:324236

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