Accession No

Z 43104 D


Description

Three decorated rim sherds of separate bowls. One is large, shouldered and burnished; one has tan slip and one orange; all are decorated with brown slip lines, diagonal and triangles on both faces.


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 43104 D


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Box labelled 'Late Polychrome' in Geoffrey Bushnell's hand.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43104 [A-D]: 'Quantity of sherds.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Room 19. 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)
Three decorated rim sherds of separate bowls. One is large, shouldered and burnished; one has tan slip and one orange; all are decorated with brown slip lines, diagonal and triangles on both faces.
Event Date 12/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


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


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