Accession No

1924.477 O


Description

Two polychrome sherds of separate bowls. Both have rounded walls with inverted rims; burnished and decorated with two brown lines on the external rim and brown lineson pale slip on the interior; one has orange decoration on tan in the centre of the bowl.


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

1924.477 O


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
General Dig. 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 1924.477 [A-R]: 'Large box of sherds.'
Event Date 1924
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 (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 polychrome bowl material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 12/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Two polychrome sherds of separate bowls. Both have rounded walls with inverted rims; burnished and decorated with two brown lines on the external rim and brown lines on pale slip on the interior; one has orange decoration on tan in the centre of the bowl.
Event Date 12/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


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