Accession No
1924.461 V.4-15
Description
Twelve sherds, including one rim sherd and eleven body sherds, of jars and bowls with Matsaki Polychrome decoration of matt red, brown, and black paint on tan 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
1924.461 V.4-15
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: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1924.461 [A-Z]: 'Large box of big 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 (Found together / assemblage)
Found in one bag with 1924.477 P.4 and TEMP.03461.
Event Date 13/2/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Twelve sherds, including one rim sherd and eleven body sherds, of jars and bowls with Matsaki Polychrome decoration of matt red, brown, and black paint on tan 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
FM:324654
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