Context (Field collection)
Room 21. 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: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1924.494 [A-D]: 'Pottery fragments including small head of animal, bone beads and implements.'
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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)
Five sherds and one detached head from a zoomorphic figurine. The sherds include: three ground into flat disc-like shapes; one solid, cylindrical sherd broken at one end, possibly part of a figurine; one spiral-shaped sherd, possibly the base of an unfinished vessel. The head of the zoomorphic figurine is triangular in form with two projecting ears or horns, a rounded snout and a hollow interior.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal