Accession No
Z 40035.1
Description
Shell adze made from the lip of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Straight cutting edge, chipped on one face; flat sides with a lenticular cross-section; tapering rounded butt. Ground surfaces; slightly bevelled on one face.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; ?Barbados; ?Maxwell
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
?Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40035.1; MAA: ?1889.154 A; ?1888.48; ?1889.156; ?1890.124; ?1891.76
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
104mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 40035[.1-8]: 'Shell Adze'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Unmarked, but in box with Feilden collection. In same box was a scrap of paper saying 'Probably Barbados fr. Maxwell [?midden]'
[although objects from the Maxwell kitchen midden often have that information on the labels. Imogen Gunn 30/05/2024]
Event Date 1985
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Shell adze made from the lip of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Straight cutting edge, chipped on one face; flat sides with a lenticular cross-section; tapering rounded butt. Ground surfaces; slightly bevelled on one face.
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:137763
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