Accession No

Z 43907


Description

Eight sherds of vertical strap handles from different vessels. One with pointed knob protrusion on handle. Greyish or reddish buff surface. Buff to dark grey core. Sandy 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 43907


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘8 strap handles’.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


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)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C1, 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: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
8 strap handles.
Event Date 13/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Eight sherds of vertical strap handles from different vessels. One with pointed knob protrusion on handle. Greyish or reddish buff surface. Buff to dark grey core. Sandy temper.
Event Date 20/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:271215

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