Accession No
1924.408 H.3
Description
10 fragments of gastropod shell strung onto a modern string.
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
1924.408 H.3
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Display)
Previously displayed on a Perspex stand alongside 1924.408 D, E, and F. Dispaly stand now removed.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
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)
10 fragments of gastropod shell strung onto a modern string.
Event Date 13/02/2025
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:324723
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