Accession No
Z 43459 E
Description
Unfinished spindle whorl made from buff coloured sandy stone. Ground into a flat disc with an unfinished central perforation on one face.
Place
Americas; North America; USA; 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 43459 E
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
26mm x 26mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43459 [A-D]: 'Pieces of bone, stone, arrow shaft straighteners, piece of metal, fragment of animal fetish.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
General digging. 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: Imogen Gunn (admin)
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)
Unfinished spindle whorl made from buff coloured sandy stone. Ground into a flat disc with an unfinished central perforation on one face.
Event Date 17/2/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:324835
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