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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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

Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
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Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten notes in Mary Hill Harris' hand read: 'transitional' and 'Waves indicating outside contacts - Trinidad'.
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Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (ii) A-C.1 15-21". Sherds, shell'.
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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)
5 adornos, described as 'transitional.'
Event Date 13/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Five sherds of adornos. One long horizontal lug with incised lines and red paint. One incised semicircular lug. One strap handle with rounded projecting knob. One rim sherd with two rounded lugs and red paint. One fragment of moulded zoomorphic figure with horizontal mouth, long, upward projecting nose, two incised eyes and two triangular ears. Reddish buff fabric. Some possibly burnished.
Event Date 23/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou