Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box in which the objects were stored reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE SITE (6) pit ii A-C2, above 12" (selected). gritty red, sandy red, "ringing red" sherds. Some of each number (see box with coarse, medium + thin red)'.
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Author: Josie Howl

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris' hand: 'Rim and base sherds, "ringing red".'
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Author: Sophie Wardle

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 note inside bag reads: '"ringing red"'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C2, above 12" (selected). 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: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
6 red rims and bases, described as 'well made' in the accession register.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Six 'ringing red' sherds; including a horizontally flanged rim, externally thickened rims, and a fragment either of a base angle or perhaps of a flanged rim. Remnants of pale slip and perhaps also of red paint. Horizontal grooves on the interior of some sherds. Sandy temper. Two sherds can be refitted.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle