Accession No

1924.458 M


Description

Three sherds of Pinnawa glaze. One Pinnawa glaze polychrome sherd of white slip with black and red decoration. One burnished sherd of black colouration, possible red and black decoration. One sherd of white slip with green glaze decoration. One sherd has intentional repair hole.


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 M


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
All sherds marked with black ink, reads: 'Tr. V'
Event Date
Author: J. Dack


Description (Labels & Markings)
One sherd marked in pencil, reads: 'Gen.Dig.'
Event Date
Author: J. Dack


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)


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 Pinnawa glaze material, which has now been added to the Description field.

Event Date 13/2/2025
Author: J. Dack


Description (Physical description)
Three sherds of Pinnawa glaze. One Pinnawa glaze polychrome sherd of white slip with black and red decoration. One burnished sherd of black colouration, possible red and black decoration. One sherd of white slip with green glaze decoration. One sherd has intentional repair hole.
Event Date 13/2/2025
Author: J. Dack


FM:324671

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