Accession No

1924.458 J


Description

Three rim sherds from different Concepcion Polychrome vessels. Two sherds in tan slip, decorated with geometric motifs on the exterior with matte-paint pigments in red and and dark brown. One sherd in white slip, decorated with similar motifs in black and green glaze and matte red.


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

1924.458 J


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'TR. V'
Event Date
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones


Context (Field collection)
Trench V, general digging. 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 1924.458 [A-M]: 'Large box of big sherds. Chiefly fragments from large ollas, polychrome and glaze.'
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)


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


Description (Physical description)
Three rim sherds from different Concepcion Polychrome vessels. Two sherds in tan slip, decorated with geometric motifs on the exterior with matte-paint pigments in red and and dark brown. One sherd in white slip, decorated with similar motifs in black and green glaze and matte red.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones


FM:324424

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