Accession No
Z 40009.1
Description
Shell adze made from the columella of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Comprising of a curved cutting edge, ground and bevelled on one face, and a butt end which incorporated the siphonal canal. Natural curve on one face.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Barbados
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40009.1; MAA: ?1888.48; ?1889.156; ?1890.124; ?1891.76
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
101mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked: 'Barbados H.W.F.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for Z 40009[.1-45]: 'Shell scoop-like tools'
Event Date 23/4/1985
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Note for Z 40009[.1-45]: 'Exhibited: One exhibited Leicester Museum Caribbean Exhibition 1986 to 1986'
Event Date 1986
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Note for Z 40009[.1-45]: 'One exhibited: Andrews Gallery, "The Americas 1492", 15 June 1992 to 24 September 1994.'
Event Date 15/6/1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Shell adze made from the columella of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Comprising of a curved cutting edge, ground and bevelled on one face, and a butt end which incorporated the siphonal canal. Natural curve on one face.
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:137741
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