Accession No
Z 43474 D
Description
Nine polychrome sherds. Including one iverted rim; five have red slip with brown linear decoration; two are faded with trace of black lines and dots on red slip on the exterior; two have cream slip on both sides with black details and yellow sections.
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 43474 D
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43474 [A-E]: 'Sherds, some very early types - Kwakina Polychrome, ?Hawikuh glaze on red, Heshota-Uthla and some later polychrome, ?Concepcion and one Hopi Matsaki.' According to Geoffrey Bushnell 'very mixed'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Room 54, Upper Level. 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 (Analysis)
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 Historic material.
Event Date 1986
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Nine polychrome sherds. Including one iverted rim; five have red slip with brown linear decoration; two are faded with trace of black lines and dots on red slip on the exterior; two have cream slip on both sides with black details and yellow sections.
Event Date 13/2/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:324682
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