Accession No

1924.458 L.1-5


Description

Six sherds, including five rim sherds and one body sherd, all of jars with Matsaki Polychrome decoration of matt red, brown, black, or white paint on tan or white background.


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

1924.458 L.1-5


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
All marked in black ink reading: 'TR V.'
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Related Documents)
Display label found in cardboard box with 1924.459 R.1-7, 1924.461 V.1-3, 1924.477 P.1-2, and TEMP.03457, reading in black ink: 'Matsaki Polychrome'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Field collection)
Trench V, general digging. 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 1924.458 [A-M]: 'Large box of big sherds. Chiefly fragments from large ollas, polychrome and glaze.'
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)


Description (Physical description)
Six sherds, including five rim sherds and one body sherd, all of jars with Matsaki Polychrome decoration of matt red, brown, black, or white paint on tan or white background.
Event Date 13/2/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


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 Matsaki Polychrome material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 13/2/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


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