Accession No
Z 40014 B
Description
Small shell adze or axe made from a queen conch (strombus gigas). Roughly triangular in plan and oval in cross-section. Curved cutting edge, bevelled on lower face, tapering to a pointed butt end. Surface smoothed.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Barbados
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40014 B; MAA: ?1888.48; ?1889.156; ?1890.124; ?1891.76
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Stombus Gigas
Local Term
Measurements
70mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'BARBADOS. H.W.F.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Analysis)
Ronald Taylor, former Director of the Barbados Museum, says that the smaller, petaloid shell tools are early (Saladoid-Barrancoid, pre-650 A.D.) at the Greenland site, while the large, eared ones are late (Suazoid - post 1100 or so).
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small ?adze in shape of petaloid celt.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small shell adze or axe made from a queen conch (strombus gigas). Roughly triangular in plan and oval in cross-section. Curved cutting edge, bevelled on lower face, tapering to a pointed butt end. Surface smoothed.
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:137750
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