Context (Display)
Display labels found with this material read: ‘Concepcion Polychrome.’
Event Date
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones

Context (Field collection)
General Dig. 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 1924.477 [A-R]: 'Large box of 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)

Description (Physical description)
Fifteen sherds, mostly from different Concepcion Polychrome vessels and one rough ware sherd. All rim sherds; tan and white slip; decorated with geometric motifs on the exterior with matte-paint pigments in different shades of red, dark brown, and black. Two with interior decoration in similar design and polychrome. One sherd is reconstructed from smaller sherds.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones

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 Concepcion Polychrome material, which has now been added to the Description field.

Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones