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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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)
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Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Other)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Found in GHSB's teaching cabinet (possibly drawn by him).'
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Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Rim of thick bowl with hollow vertically applied adorno - agouti-like face.'
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Author: Clare McKenna

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

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (i) 18-26". Rims + adornos', and beneath that: 'Z.44439 (pit ii lines 2,3 ??)'.
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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: 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: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of bowl with animal head adorno.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Red ware rim sherd with zoomorphic adorno, likely a manatee. Features consist of raised circular eyes with incised lines; a short snout with two pierced nostrils, and mouth below; and a large, hollow cylindrical body applied to the vessel walls. There are two uneven raised nubbins behind the head; and another on the rim.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna