Accession No

Z 44426 C


Description

Sherd with traces of white-on-red paint on one surface, a band of black on the other. Tempered grey core with reddish surfaces.


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 44426 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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'painted sherd. C: white-on-red one side, ?zoned black the other.'
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)
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: Jodi Zhang


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)
Sherd with red and white paint.
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Sherd with traces of white-on-red paint on one surface, a band of black on the other. Tempered grey core with reddish surfaces.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:270460

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