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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