Accession No
1924.505 B
Description
Spindle whorl made from a sherd of bichrome ware, decorated on the interior surface with black painted motifs over a red coloured slip; ground into a disc shape and pierced at the centre with a circular hole.
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
1924.505 B
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
45mm x 49mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Room 39. 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)
1924.505 [A-B]: 'Pottery spindle whorl, broken arrow shaft smoother.'
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
Description (Physical description)
Spindle whorl made from a sherd of bichrome ware, decorated on the interior surface with black painted motifs over a red coloured slip; ground into a disc shape and pierced at the centre with a circular hole.
Event Date 7/2/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:324282
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