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

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written on reverse: '6. B.C.1. 18-26".'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card reads: 'Human face.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (i) 18-26". Rims + adornos'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (i) 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)
Anthropomorphic adorno.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Anthropomorphic adorno. Flat back with circular face; human facial features include eyes of widely scored horizontal lines; lower lip is raised and horizontal; rounded chin juts outwards, and ears project to the side, with ear piercing that does not perforate through to the other side. Nose, left ear and left cheek are missing; formed of red ware, previously attached to vessel at neck.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna