Accession No

Z 43536 C.1-6


Description

Six bone implements. Four bone awls with unmodified articulated end; tapered towards a sharp point. One piece of bone, possibly the articulated end of an awl, but lower part broken off and missing; one broken piece of bone with interior carved out.


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 43536 C.1-6


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

80mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43536 [A-C]: 'Six pieces of bone and two sherds.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Likely from Room 30. 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)
Six bone implements. Four bone awls with unmodified articulated end; tapered towards a sharp point. One piece of bone, possibly the articulated end of an awl, but lower part broken off and missing; one broken piece of bone with interior carved out.
Event Date 3/3/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc


FM:325450

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