Accession No
Z 42875 F
Description
Two Pinnawa Red-on-white sherds. (1) larger sherd is broadly four sided and curved; slightly curved cross-section; exterior surface is burnished and white-slipped; with applied red paint in geometric and stair-step motifs; internal surface has a grey hue, possibly painted. (2) smaller sherd is rimmed, possibly part of a shouldered bowl; five-sided, but broadly rectangular; upright simple rim, slightly inturned; soft carination at neck; surface is buff-slipped, external surface has applied red geometric motifs; some smokey black patches, possibly from differential firing.
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 42875 F
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 42875 [A-H]: 'Sherds of various types, including Pinnawa glaze, corrugated, red on buff and late polychrome.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 42875 [A-H]: 'Sherds of various types, including Pinnawa glaze, corrugated, red on buff and late polychrome.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Room 52, First and Second Level (mixed). 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 (Field collection)
Room 52, First and Second Level (mixed). 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 (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 Red-on-white material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason
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 Red-on-white material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason
Description (Physical description)
Two Pinnawa Red-on-white sherds. (1) larger sherd is broadly four sided and curved; slightly curved cross-section; exterior surface is burnished and white-slipped; with applied red paint in geometric and stair-step motifs; internal surface has a grey hue, possibly painted. (2) smaller sherd is rimmed, possibly part of a shouldered bowl; five-sided, but broadly rectangular; upright simple rim, slightly inturned; soft carination at neck; surface is buff-slipped, external surface has applied red geometric motifs; some smokey black patches, possibly from differential firing.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason
Description (Physical description)
Two Pinnawa Red-on-white sherds. (1) larger sherd is broadly four sided and curved; slightly curved cross-section; exterior surface is burnished and white-slipped; with applied red paint in geometric and stair-step motifs; internal surface has a grey hue, possibly painted. (2) smaller sherd is rimmed, possibly part of a shouldered bowl; five-sided, but broadly rectangular; upright simple rim, slightly inturned; soft carination at neck; surface is buff-slipped, external surface has applied red geometric motifs; some smokey black patches, possibly from differential firing.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason
FM:324492
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