Accession No
Z 40012 C
Description
Shell adze or axe made from the lip of a queen conch (strombus gigas). Roughly triangular in plan and plano-convex in cross-section. Curved cutting edge, tapering to a narrow butt end. Possible once polished.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; ?Barbados
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
?Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40012 C; MAA: ?1888.48; ?1889.156; ?1890.124; ?1891.76
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Stombus Gigas
Local Term
Measurements
115mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 40012 A-C: 'Shell tools.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Elongated adze.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
No collector's markings, but found in boxes with Feilden (mostly) and other Barbados items
Event Date 1985
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Shell adze or axe made from the lip of a queen conch (strombus gigas). Roughly triangular in plan and plano-convex in cross-section. Curved cutting edge, tapering to a narrow butt end. Possible once polished.
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:137746
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