Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43432 [A-H]: 'Sherds, Gila, Kwakina, and Matsaki Polychrome (Glazed) and a pebble and a red stone.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Pit I. 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)

Description (Physical description)
Four polychrome sherds; including one direct rim sherd from a bowl. Two sherds can be refitted. All feature red exterior slips and white interior slips. Two have linear decoration painted in black on the interior; the others also feature red paint on the inside. Possibly Kwakina Polychrome ware.
Event Date 14/2/2025
Author: Sophie Wardle

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 Kwakina Polychrome material, which has been added tentatively to the Description field.
Event Date 14/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)