Accession No

TEMP.03420


Description

Two sherds of Kechipaun glaze polychrome. One is painted white, with red lines forming crossed lines, white running through the horizontal; with black-bent back keys in each corner and diagonal bordering lines. The smaller is white with green shiny glaze.


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

TEMP.03420; 3


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)
Smaller sherd is marked '3' 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)
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: Clare McKenna


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: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Two sherds of Kechipaun glaze polychrome. One is painted white, with red lines forming crossed lines, white running through the horizontal; with black-bent back keys in each corner and diagonal bordering lines. The smaller is white with green shiny glaze.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Amendments / updates)
These sherds were found loose in a box of Kechipaun glaze polychrome sherds. Though unmarked, they appear to have the same excavation information and so this has been retained.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:324354

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