Accession No
Z 37351
Description
Adorno, two pieces that refit, depicting creature with two large eyes formed by applied circular pieces with central circular perforation. Red fabric with grey to dark grey core, gritty temper with quartz and shell.
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 37351; MAA: Z 37353.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
In catalogue card for Z 37351 in Mary Hill's hand: 'This and Z 37352 were wrapped together in tissue paper in box'.
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘Adorno of gritty red ware’.
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Stephanie Chinneck
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) A.1. 18-22". Sherds'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (i) A.1. 18-22". 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: Stephanie Chinneck
Description (Physical description)
Adorno.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Adorno, two pieces that refit, depicting creature with two large eyes formed by applied circular pieces with central circular perforation. Red fabric with grey to dark grey core, gritty temper with quartz and shell.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Context (Analysis)
Z 37353.2 was found to refit to Z 37351 and has been added to this record.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:270626
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