Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 42808 [A-B]: 'Quantity of sherds, Matsaki Ware and some plain sherds, possibly bases of Matsaki.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Burial 207, Room 54 (see also 1924.454). 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)

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

Description (Physical description)
Nineteen sherds of jars, including six rim sherds and thirteen body sherds, of which there are two groups of three rim sherds and two body sherds each refitting as well as one group of two body sherds. All with Matsaki Polychrome decoration on exterior using matt red and dark brown or black paint on tan background.
Event Date 14/2/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung