Accession No

Z 43781


Description

16 strap handle sherds of various fabrics, mostly red, with flat handle bases remaining.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; Trinidad and Tobago; Tobago; Mount Irvine Coombe


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Saladoid


Source

Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 43781


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Esther Laver


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris' hand: '16 strap handles of various wares not individually marked'.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver


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


Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note in bag reads: 'Z.43781. (16 strap handles)'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card transcribes note: 'Z 43781- Z 43787 were in box with GHSB note: 'Jars with everted neck 3.2 Smoother red Strap handles 16 Flattened bases 7.1 Griddles 11.1 Adornos & lugs 2.4.2''. Note not seen.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(i) B.C.1.18-26". 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: Esther Laver


Context (References)
Harris, M.H.G. (1988). ‘The Ceramics of Tobago and Barbados: A Report on Studies In Progress.’ In Saunders, N.J. and de Montmollin, O. (eds.), Recent Studies in Pre-Columbian Archaeology. BAR International Series 421. Oxford: British Archaeological Report. pp. 245-273
Event Date 1988
Author: Esther Laver


Description (Physical description)
16 strap handle sherds.
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
16 strap handle sherds of various fabrics, mostly red, with flat handle bases remaining.
Event Date 20/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:270375

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