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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Nora Josephine Klages-Miller

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: '2 sherd with grooves and red paint.'
Event Date
Author: Nora Josephine Klages-Miller

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (ii) A-C, 15-21". 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: Nora Josephine Klages-Miller

Description (Physical description)
2 grooved sherds with zoned red paint.
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note in storage box reads:
'Plain body sherds 329.
Body sherds w. traces of red paint 29. and zoned 7. zoned + grooved 3. ?Geom. red design 1.
Body sherds w. incision (groove) (9), temper showing (5) or other features (4). 18. [small sketch, possibly of base sherd in profile view, accompanied by caption:] 'a groove'
Rim sherds: plain (10), red-paint (5 incl. 1 ?lug), incised (2) - 17. [small sketch, possibly of lug, accompanied by caption:] 'one but v. tiny'
Body sherds w. black paint incl. 2 w. traces of geom. designs 12.
My total 405.'
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Two grooved sherds of buff fabric with fine sand temper from different vessels. Zoned red paint.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Nora Josephine Klages-Miller