Accession No
TEMP.03440
Description
Four sherds from different Concepcion Polychrome vessels; two with ground edges. One rim sherd in red slip with interior decoration of two dark colour lines. Two sherds in tan slip with exterior decoration in brown matte-paint pigment. One small sherd in white slip and decorated on both sides with brown matte-paint pigment.
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
TEMP.03440
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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 Conception Polychrome material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
Description (Physical description)
Four sherds from different Concepcion Polychrome vessels; two with ground edges. One rim sherd in red slip with interior decoration of two dark colour lines. Two sherds in tan slip with exterior decoration in brown matte-paint pigment. One small sherd in white slip and decorated on both sides with brown matte-paint pigment.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
Context (Display)
Display labels found with this material read: ‘Concepcion Polychrome.’
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
Context (Analysis)
Two small sherds with ground edges from this idno might be related to a Zuni game (see 1924.552).
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
FM:324453
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