Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten notes in Bushnell’s hand reads: ‘See “The Excavation of Hawkih” by Frederick Webb Hodge. Appendix II. (Contributions from the Museum).’ and another reads: ‘Kechipawan Polychrome 1375-1475’. Found loose in box with 1924.457 E, 1924.461 O, 1924.466 C, 1924.482 C, 1924.586 C, Z 42885 F, Z 43369 C, Z 43383 E, Z 43432 E, Z 43494 A and TEMP.03420.
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Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Display)
Old display label reading ‘Kechipaun Glaze Polychrome. 14th-15th Century’ was found loose in box with 1924.457 E, 1924.461 O, 1924.466 C, 1924.482 C, 1924.586 C, Z 42885 F, Z 43369 C, Z 43383 E, Z 43432 E, Z 43494 A and TEMP.03420.
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Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Field collection)
Room 47, Level II. 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 1924.466 [A-D]: 'Small box of sherds and bone implement.' Added in Geoffrey Bushnell's hand: 'Early material including glaze.'
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)
Incomplete Kechipauan Polychrome Glaze pot, three sherds present. With rounded body, upright neck and simple rim, it is painted white with green crosses on the rime; the body has decoration of triangles and cross-hatching in green, with some red rectangles.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna

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. These sherds were packed with Kechipauan glaze polychrome material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna