Accession No

1924.368 D


Description

Rim sherd of a bowl, possibly of Matsaki ware. Slightly shouldered inverted rim with tan slip and black slip decoration of three lines around the exterior rim, and possibly part of bird feathers on the interior,o with wavy lines draw across a block of black slip.


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

1924.368 D


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 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)
Description for 1924.368 [A-B]: 'Box of fragments of pottery, many ground down.'
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: Jodi Zhang


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)
Rim sherd of a bowl, possibly of Matsaki ware. Slightly shouldered inverted rim with tan slip and black slip decoration of three lines around the exterior rim, and possibly part of bird feathers on the interior,o with wavy lines draw across a block of black slip.
Event Date 13/2/2025
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:324697

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