Accession No
1901.33
Description
Partially polished scraper or knife made of brown stone. Triangular in shape with a flat profile. Two edges bevelled and the other slightly curved and chipped.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Saint Vincent
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Cave, Charles John Philip [collector and donor]; Brown (Mrs) [vendor]; Brown (Mr) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1901.33
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Slate
Local Term
Measurements
117mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to object reads: '1901.33. St Vincent W.I. Charles Cave. M.A.'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Made of a triangular thin piece of stone. Asymmetric cutting edge.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Original card has sketch
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Other owners)
Accession Register notes: 'Collected by Brown of Bellair from whose wife the donor [Charles Cave] bought them in St Vincent in 1900'
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'The Americas 1492', Andrews Gallery, 15 June 1992 to 24 September 1994.
Event Date 15/6/1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Analysis)
Cf. Fewkes, Jesse Walter (1922). 'A Prehistoric Island Culture Area of America' in Thirty-fourth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1912-1913, 35–271. Bureau of American Ethnology. Pl. 9, I. Pg. 95-96.
Event Date 6/6/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Partially polished scraper or knife made of brown stone. Triangular in shape with a flat profile. Two edges bevelled and the other slightly curved and chipped.
Event Date 6/6/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:137819
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