Accession No
Z 43383 E
Description
Polychrome rim sherd. With internal thickening, the interior has dark linear glazing, the exterior is painted white with a band of triangles in alternating directions.
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
Z 43383 E
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43383 [A-H]: 'Quantity of sherds, mixture of types.'
Event Date
Author: maa
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 (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
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in tray together [c. 1985] with couple [of sherds] marked 1924.365, which are from Room 44.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Possibly from Room 44. 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)
Polychrome rim sherd. With internal thickening, the interior has dark linear glazing, the exterior is painted white with a band of triangles in alternating directions.
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
FM:324350
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