Accession No

Z 44270 C


Description

Body sherd. Incised groove with red paint covering the surface, the opposite surface is smoothed with two incised lines. Dark grey fabric with fine sand temper.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; 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 44270 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Aedan Jones


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 (ii) A-C2 12-21', from mud of r.h.face. Decorated sherds etc'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (ii) A-C2 12-21". from mud of r.h.face'. 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: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Grooved sherd with red paint delineated by groove.
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Body sherd. Incised groove with red paint covering the surface, the opposite surface is smoothed with two incised lines. Dark grey fabric with fine sand temper.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z44270 A-C written in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'From mud of R.H.Face. Sherds w. red areas delineated by grooves.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:270873

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