Accession No

1951.358


Description

Pendant or grinder made of polished mottled brown stone. Cylindrical in shape with one end flat and the other slightly tapered. Three perforated holes at the top, two longitudinally and one latitudinally. The flat end is partially ground, possibly associated with use.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; Jamaica


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.358


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

63mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label with object reads: 'Stone pendant. see page 300 of American Museum Journal by G.C. Longley.' and on the other side 'JAMAICA. ARAWAK.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Acquisition Details)
Bought at Sotheby's by Louis Clarke.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Analysis)
For similar, see Longley, G.C. (1914). 'Kitchen Middens of Jamaica'. The American Museum Journal, vol. XIV(8). p. 300 (illustrated)
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Stone pendant or plummet.'
Event Date 1951
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Highly-polished object of speckled brownish stone, perforated from side to side near the top, and from the top to this perforation. Base looks as if it had been used for grinding.'
Event Date 1951
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Pendant or grinder made of polished mottled brown stone. Cylindrical in shape with one end flat and the other slightly tapered. Three perforated holes at the top, two longitudinally and one latitudinally. The flat end is partially ground, possibly associated with use.
Event Date 7/6/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:137898

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