Accession No
Z 40037
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 flat sides tapering to a pointed butt end. Some areas of loss present on the cutting edge, the top surface is also slightly degraded.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Barbados; Greenland
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
?Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40037; MAA: ?1888.48; ?1889.156; ?1890.124; ?1891.76
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Strombus Gigas
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with Feilden material Z 40032-38, but has written on it something which looks like 'Greenland Barbados' - ?not Feilden handwriting, but 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)
Accession Register: 'Shell adze'
Event Date 21/5/1985
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
There is a site called 'Greenland' on Barbados (see 'Prehistoric Barbados' by Peter L. Drewett); therefore the Place field has been updated so that 'Greenland' is no longer tentative.
Event Date 2/6/2024
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 flat sides tapering to a pointed butt end. Some areas of loss present on the cutting edge, the top surface is also slightly degraded.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:137764
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