Context (Field collection)
Possibly from Room 31. 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)
Fifteen sherds were unmarked (no idno) but found in a bag with sherds marked with 'Z 43431 [G]' and a note with this idno. They have been assigned a TEMP number and the find context for Z 43431 (Room 31) has been tentatively added to the Field Collection.
Event Date 19/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
15 body sherds from bowls and jars, including some Matsaki Polychrome ware. Some burnishing; broadly tan-slipped surfaces; applied brown and red paint in geometric motifs; some interior surfaces are a mix of buff slipped and rough grey; fabric feel is smooth and powdery; broadly grey cores.
Event Date 19/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason