Context (Related Documents)
Note handwritten in pencil reads: 'Cremation 247. Early polychrome olla, white on red. #247. Inside of olla is 240 shell beads [?]dug up in white [?paper] papper.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Display)
Previously displayed on a Perspex stand alongside 1924.408 D, E, and H.1-2. Display stand now removed.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Field collection)
Ashes [1924.408 G] and shell beads [1924.408 C; H.1-3] were found in 1924.408 A, which was covered by 1924.408 B. Cremation 247. Trench V. Depth 4' 1". 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)
C. Over 200 shell beads found with cremation.
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: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Two necklaces formed from small gastropod shells strung onto modern string. The first (.1) is comprised of 18 white coloured shells, the second (.2) is comprised of 21 grey coloured shells.
Event Date 22/1/2025
Author: Clare McKenna

Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2025.6144 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 14/2/2025
Author: Stephanie De Roemer