Accession No
1924.516 B
Description
Twelve sherds of various polychrome wares, one detached head from a zoomorphic figurine and one reconstructed bell made from undecorated grey coloured ware. Eleven of the sherds have been ground into various shapes, one pierced with a circular hole; one sherd has a hollow rectangular cross section, possibly part of a figurine. The detached head is triangular in form with an incised mouth and nostrils, the surface has been decorated with black painted lines over a white coloured slip. The bell has a sub-triangular form, the apex pierced with a circular suspension hole; the rattle appears to be modern.
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
1924.516 B
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Room 47. 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
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1924.516 [A-E]: 'Pottery bell (mended) pottery head of animal, black and white period - probably handle of vase, pottery discs, bone object.'
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)
Twelve sherds of various polychrome wares, one detached head from a zoomorphic figurine and one reconstructed bell made from undecorated grey coloured ware. Eleven of the sherds have been ground into various shapes, one pierced with a circular hole; one sherd has a hollow rectangular cross section, possibly part of a figurine. The detached head is triangular in form with an incised mouth and nostrils, the surface has been decorated with black painted lines over a white coloured slip. The bell has a sub-triangular form, the apex pierced with a circular suspension hole; the rattle appears to be modern.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:324539
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