Accession No
Z 40013 B
Description
Shell adze made from the lip of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Truncated lens cross section with a curved cutting edge. One flat ground face with curved sides leading to a broken off butt end. Some of the outer shell surface is visible on one face.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Barbados; Codrington College
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
?Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40013 B; MAA: ?1888.48; ?1889.156; ?1890.124; ?1891.76
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Strombus Gigas
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Adze made of ridged shell
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Was in same box as Feilden material
Event Date 1985
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 40013 A-B: 'Shell tools.'
Event Date 23/4/1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Shell adze made from the lip of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Truncated lens cross section with a curved cutting edge. One flat ground face with curved sides leading to a broken off butt end. Some of the outer shell surface is visible on one face.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:137748
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