Description (Labels & Markings)
Written on sherd in black ink: '6 (i). lines 2,3.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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 (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 (i) lines 2,3. Sherds; shell adze'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (i) lines 2,3. 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)
Sherd.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Handle sherd of buff fabric. The handle is thin and seems to project above and around the rim connecting on both sides; creating a circular aperture; decorated on one side with a thumb impression and raised sides; a projecting nubbin on the top and another smaller nubbin on the opposite side.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna