Accession No
Z 43810
Description
Body sherd made up of a red fabric with sandy temper and polychrome painted red and black pigment on the exterior. Decoration of fine line incised grooves on the exterior.
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 43810
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'Tobago MT. IRVINE Site 6, surface. Plymouth Red sherds, decorated'.
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘Sherd with red and black paint in blocks delineated by grooves.'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
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)
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)
Grooved sherd with red and black paint.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Body sherd made up of a red fabric with sandy temper and polychrome painted red and black pigment on the exterior. Decoration of fine line incised grooves on the exterior.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:271487
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