Accession No
Z 40015 A
Description
Incomplete shell adze made from the lip of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Flat and triangular shape; with curved cutting edge; triangular faces tapering to a rounded butt end; the faces are not ground but covered with scratches.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Barbados
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40015 A; MAA: ?1888.48; ?1889.156; ?1890.124; ?1891.76
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Strombus Gigas
Local Term
Measurements
85mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Written in faint capital letters: 'Barbados.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Analysis)
Collector's marking said "Barbados"; they are almost certainly Feilden because of similar handwriting.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Tools of ridged shell.'
Event Date 23/4/1985
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Incomplete shell adze made from the lip of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Flat and triangular shape; with curved cutting edge; triangular faces tapering to a rounded butt end; the faces are not ground but covered with scratches.
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:137751
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