Accession No

1904.358 D


Description

One rim sherd with adorno in the shape of a turtle's head of buff red fabric. Horizontally flanged rim of a bowl with an externally protruding head of a turtle with wide mouth, two nose holes, two narrowed eyes and an incised pattern of hatched lines on top of the head. One half sooted black.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; Barbados


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Troumassoid-Suazoid


Source

Cave, Charles John Philip [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1904.358 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

72mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Rectangular paper label adhered to object reading in black ink: 'A 1904. 358 D. Fragment of Carib Pottery. Barbados. W. I. 1903. Charles J. P. Cave M.A. 1904.'
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Adorno. Represents animal head with criss-cross lines on top.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1903
Event Date 1903
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1904.358 A-K: '... and eleven fragments of Carib pottery.'
Event Date 1904
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Display)
Exhibited at MAA until 1985
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Display)
Exhibited: Leicester Museum Caribbean Exhibition 1986
Event Date 1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
One rim sherd with adorno in the shape of a turtle's head of buff red fabric. Horizontally flanged rim of a bowl with an externally protruding head of a turtle with wide mouth, two nose holes, two narrowed eyes and an incised pattern of hatched lines on top of the head. One half sooted black.
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:136576

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