Context (Field collection)
Room 25. 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)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1924.507 [A-D]: 'Fine arrow shaft polisher, bone awl, bird claws, white paint, blue paint, etc.'
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1924.507 [A-D]: 'Fine arrow straightener, etc. & paint.'
Event Date 1924
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)

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 Matsaki Polychrome material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 17/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason

Description (Physical description)
One handle sherd; possibly from a Matsaki Polychrome vessel. Broadly cylindrical, with an oval cross-section, slightly curve; distal ends terminate with transverse breaks, one end has two incised lines in a cross shape. Burnished tan-slipped; interior surface has applied brown paint in three linear motifs; fabric feel is smooth; core is grey.
Event Date 18/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason