Accession No

Z 44443 B


Description

Sherd of adorno with red fabric and red slip on outer surface. The adorno is knob-like, with three grooves on one short side.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago; Tobago; ?Goldsborough


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Saladoid


Source

Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 44443 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (n.d.). Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago. MAA Archive (FR4/1/4 text, FR4/1/2 plates)
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'an ill-shaped adorno (poss. animal head) in well-made red-slipped ware. grooves below slip .'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Possibly Goldsborough, surface collection. Found with sherds marked '3.S' (and sherds from Mount Irvine Coomb) in Bushnell teaching cabinet. Excavated by Geoffrey Bushnell during his 1955 expedition to Tobago, funded by the Crowther-Beynon Fund and Louis C.G. Clarke.
Event Date 1955
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Adorno.
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Sherd of adorno with red fabric and red slip on outer surface. The adorno is knob-like, with three grooves on one short side.
Event Date 3/6/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:270343

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