Accession No

Z 43458 C


Description

Nine sherds of late polychrome. Including three rim sherds; all have brown and red linear decoration; the largest sherd is reconstructed, with a cross on the exterior and trace of bird feathers on the interior bowl; many are burnished.


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 43458 C


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Note with object reads: '187 | A'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43458 [A-C]: 'Sherds, Matsaki and two early and plain.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Burial 187 A. 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)


Description (Physical description)
Nine sherds of late polychrome. Including three rim sherds; all have brown and red linear decoration; the largest sherd is reconstructed, with a cross on the exterior and trace of bird feathers on the interior bowl; many are burnished.
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


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