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
FM:324585
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