Accession No

Z 43448 B


Description

Six sherds of late polychrome. Three rim sherds have simple rims, painted cream with sections of three brown lines on the exterior rim, and thick brown bands around the interior; and three burnished body sherds.


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 43448 B


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43448 [A-B]: 'Sherds, late polychrome (Matsaki) and two black on white.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Burial 150. 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 (Analysis)
Similar pattern to Z 43449 B.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


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)
Six sherds of late polychrome. Three rim sherds have simple rims, painted cream with sections of three brown lines on the exterior rim, and thick brown bands around the interior; and three burnished body sherds.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:324448

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