Accession No
1957.152 C
Description
Sherd of adorno, modelled animal head with red paint. Roughly triangular in shape. Flat forehead between eyes with incised contour lines; horizontally pierced nostrils; incised mouth.
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
1957.152 C
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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
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)
Old typewritten note reads: 'LOCAL TYPES,mainly SALADOID, with influences from LOS BARRANCOS, Venezuela. Estimated A.D.500-100'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (ii) B-C, 21" - bottom. Decorated sherds.'
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (ii) B-C1, 21"-bottom (around 24"). 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
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: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Adorno.
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Sherd of adorno, modelled animal head with red paint. Roughly triangular in shape. Flat forehead between eyes with incised contour lines; horizontally pierced nostrils; incised mouth.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:270453
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