Accession No
Z 43098 I
Description
One Pinnawa Red-on-white sherd; possibly part of vessel with a rounded base. Sherd is broadly four-sided, with a curved cross-section; burnished buff-white slipped surface; interior surface has applied red paint in geometric motifs that are possibly interlocking, pigment is faded; external surface has smokey black patches from differential firing.
Place
Americas; Cibola County; North America; United States of America; Zuni Reservation; Kechib:wa [Kechipauan]; New Mexico
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 43098 I
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
115mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43098 [A-K]: 'Number of sherds of varying types, red on buff with black interior, Hawikuh glaze polychrome, Matsaki and Kwakina.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43098 [A-K]: 'Number of sherds of varying types, red on buff with black interior, Hawikuh glaze polychrome, Matsaki and Kwakina.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Likely from Room 43, Upper Level. 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)
Likely from Room 43, Upper Level. 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 (Found together / assemblage)
Found with 1924.465 sherds [c 1986], from Room 43, Upper Level.
Event Date 1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with 1924.465 sherds [c 1986], from Room 43, Upper Level.
Event Date 1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
One Pinnawa Red-on-white sherd; possibly part of vessel with a rounded base. Sherd is broadly four-sided, with a curved cross-section; burnished buff-white slipped surface; interior surface has applied red paint in geometric motifs that are possibly interlocking, pigment is faded; external surface has smokey black patches from differential firing.
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)
One Pinnawa Red-on-white sherd; possibly part of vessel with a rounded base. Sherd is broadly four-sided, with a curved cross-section; burnished buff-white slipped surface; interior surface has applied red paint in geometric motifs that are possibly interlocking, pigment is faded; external surface has smokey black patches from differential firing.
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
FM:324497
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