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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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

Context (References)
Cardboard box in which the object was stored reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (ii) selected from superficial disturbed level'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6. 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)
Shell adze.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Shell adze, likely made from queen conch (Strombus gigas); with butt end broken off and missing. Near-rectangular in form; with a bevelled cutting edge and flat sides. One face is almost flat; the other is slightly curved. Pink-white in colour, with some brown accretions.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle