Accession No
Z 43808 C
Description
Body sherd, possibly part of an adorno, with raised horizontal protrusion. Made up of an orange fabric with fine sand temper. Painted monochrome red pigment present.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; 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 43808 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (References)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43808 A-D in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘Body sherds with red paint.'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'Tobago MT. IRVINE Site 6, surface. Plymouth Red sherds, decorated'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 surface. 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: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Body sherd with red paint.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Body sherd, possibly part of an adorno, with raised horizontal protrusion. Made up of an orange fabric with fine sand temper. Painted monochrome red pigment present.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:271483
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