Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (i) A.1. 18-22". Sherds'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘Decorated sherds B) grooved and painted in 3 bands, outer 2 red and inner one with ?traces of black paint. Grooves shallow, post-slip, 1.5mm. Sherd 14mm thick’.
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 (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)
Decorated body sherd.
Event Date 11/7/2016
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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 22/5/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Description (Physical description)
Body sherd, decorated with two grooved lines on exterior surface, traces of red paint above and below grooved lines, possible traces of black paint in central area between grooved lines. Red fabric with grey core, coarse sandy temper with quartz inclusions.
Event Date 30/5/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck