Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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).
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box in which object was stored reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (ii) A-C2 above 12". Sherds'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C2, above 12”. 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)
Adorno.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Sherd featuring a zoomorphic adorno. This representation of an animal's head has large, protruding hemispherical eyes and a rounded snout with a mouth created by a slightly curved horizontal indentation. Incised curving line at either side; circular perforation directly behind the head. Red paint on surfaces. Orange-red fabric with sandy temper. Brown accretions on underside.
Event Date 22/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle