Accession No
TEMP.03649
Description
Three buff-slipped sherds, irregularly shaped, with a slightly curved cross-section; fabric feel is soapy; possibly from Matsaki Polychrome vessels.
(I): broadly pentagonal; surface is buff-slipped, possibly burnished; light coloured accretions throughout; white core.
(II): broadly four-sided; interior surface is burnished buff-slipped with applied brown paint in linear motifs; exterior surface has a dark grey hue; buff core.
(III): broadly triangular; grey accretions throughout; surface is possibly burnished buff-slipped; interior surface possibly has applied brown and white paint; grey core.
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
TEMP.03649
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Possibly from general digging or from Room 54, Upper Level. 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)
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
Context (Found together / assemblage)
This unmarked sherd was found bagged with Z 43088 J and Z 43474 E, the former coming from 'General Digging' and the latter from 'Room 54, Upper Level', although this may not be related to either. It has therefore been assigned a TEMP number.
Event Date 18/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Buff-slipped sherd, broadly triangular; grey accretions throughout; surface is possibly burnished buff-slipped; interior surface possibly has applied brown and white paint; grey core; possibly from Matsaki Polychrome vessel.
Event Date 18/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason
FM:326644
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