Context (Field collection)
Room 75 or Room 88. 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

Description (Physical description)
Sherd from the shoulder of a Mataski Polychrome jar. Partially burnished exterior, orange-tan slipped; applied brown (and possibly red) paint in geometric motifs, surface is darkened possibly from accretions or differential firing; interior surface is grey and rough; fabric feel is powdery; core is grey.
Event Date 18/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason

Context (Found together / assemblage)
This sherd was found with Z 43379 [H] but is marked with two different idnos: Z 43379, which is from Room 88, and Z 43377, which is from Room 75. Since it is not clear is the correct accession number, the decision was taken to assign the sherd a TEMP number.
Event Date 1/5/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason