Accession No
Z 44287 C
Description
Polychrome body sherd. Flat in shape with red paint on both surfaces, one side has remains of white pigment. 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 44287 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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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'. Decorated sherds, adornos, bone'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C2, 12-21". 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: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Sherd with red and white paint.
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z44287 A-D written in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ' Sherds with red+white paint'
Event Date 28/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Polychrome body sherd. Flat in shape with red paint on both surfaces, one side has remains of white pigment. Dark grey fabric with fine sand temper.
Event Date 28/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:270894
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