Accession No
Z 43377 E
Description
Two sherds. One large rim sherd with glazed black decoration, possibly Pinnawa glaze polychrome. Unknown slip with glazed black and glazed brown decoration on interior; buff on exterior. Possibly traces of white and red pigments on exterior. Other sherd has white slip with black decoration.
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 43377 E
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Record for Z 43377 [A-I]: 'Group of sherds, mixture of types corrugated, Gila, red on buff and others and human tooth and three shells.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Room 75. 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)
Two sherds. One large rim sherd with glazed black decoration, possibly Pinnawa glaze polychrome. Unknown slip with glazed black and glazed brown decoration on interior; buff on exterior. Possibly traces of white and red pigments on exterior. Other sherd has white slip with black decoration.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: J. Dack
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 glaze material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: J. Dack
FM:324512
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