Accession No

Z 43572 G


Description

Twelve sherds, possibly Kechipauan polychome. Two rim sherds. One handle sherd. Nine bichrome sherds, all with white slip. Three polychrome sherds with white slip and black and brown decoration.


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 43572 G


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 43572 [A-G]: 'Sherds, variety of types including Pinnawa, corrugated, Kwakina and Gila.'
Event Date
Author: maa


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: 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)


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 Pinnawa Glaze material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: J. Dack


Description (Physical description)
Twelve sherds, possibly Kechipauan polychome. Two rim sherds. One handle sherd. Nine bichrome sherds, all with white slip. Three polychrome sherds with white slip and black and brown decoration.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: J. Dack


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