Accession No
Z 44290 C
Description
Body sherd. Thick ware with an applied adorno on the outer surface, mostly broken off and missing. Dark grey fabric with Grainy quartz inclusions.
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 44290 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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)
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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)
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)
?Lug or ?adorno.
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z44290 A-E written in Mary Hill Harris’ hand:' Lugs + adornos
A) Grooved
B) Diagonal down from rim: grooved. ?part of effigy bowl
E) Adorno with " doughnut" missing nose, hollow back
'Normal' ware acc GHSB'
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Body sherd. Thick ware with an applied adorno on the outer surface, mostly broken off and missing. Dark grey fabric with Grainy quartz inclusions.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:270904
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