Accession No
1924.457 E
Description
Kechipauan Glaze Polychrome body sherd. Painted white on both sides with red and black decoration.
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
1924.457 E; 4
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked with room number (R. 36) and also '4' circled.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
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.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Field collection)
Room 36 (all levels). 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 1924.457 [A-F]: 'Small sherds.'
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)
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
Description (Physical description)
Kechipauan Glaze Polychrome body sherd. Painted white on both sides with red and black decoration.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:324345
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