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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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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