Accession No
Z 42885 F
Description
Two sherds of Kechipaun glaze polychrome. Buff on the interior, the exterior is painted white with black and red lines, and a band of white crosses with black background and red squares alternating.
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 42885 F
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 42885 [A-G]: 'Sherds of mixed types, later polychrome (Matsaki) and earlier types. Two pieces of Kechipaun polychrome.'
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 (Field collection)
Room 50. 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)
Description (Physical description)
Two sherds of Kechipaun glaze polychrome. Buff on the interior, the exterior is painted white with black and red lines, and a band of white crosses with black background and red squares alternating.
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:324351
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