Accession No

Z 2666 B


Description

Shell implement. Made from a queen conch (Strombus Gigas), Irregular and narrow in shape with possible smoothing to one edge. Some surface pitting visible


Place

Americas; Caribbean; Barbados; Maxwell


Period

?Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic


Source

Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 2666 B; MAA: 1889.154 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Strombus Gigas


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Shell ?Implement; ?tool; ?natural object
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
The Accession Register for 1889.154 records that these were found by the donor in a kitchen midden at Maxwell, 6 November 1888.

Event Date 6/11/1888
Author: maa


Context (References)
Harris, M.H. (2019). ‘The Pre-Colonial Pottery of Barbados’. In de Waal, M.S. et al (eds.), Pre-Colonial and Post-Contact Archaeology in Barbados. Leiden: Sidestone Press. pp. 77-97
Event Date 2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Shell implement. Made from a queen conch (Strombus Gigas), Irregular and narrow in shape with possible smoothing to one edge. Some surface pitting visible
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:136599

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