Accession No
Z 43537 E
Description
Grey ware rim sherd. Everted rim, with trace of white slip and a brown line decoration on the exterior.
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 43537 E
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43537 [A-E]: 'Group of sherds, mostly plain, cooking vessel type. One Matsaki, one ?Heshota-Uthla, one ?handle.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Burial 103, Trench II. 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
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 late polychrome material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Grey ware rim sherd. Everted rim, with trace of white slip and a brown line decoration on the exterior.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:324447
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