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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box for 1957.118 [A-P] reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE 6 ?(i) surface + near surface. Adornos'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, 6 ?(i) surface and near 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

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1957.118 [A-P]: 'Pottery ornaments & handles.'
Event Date 1957
Author: Alana Edgeworth

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)
1957.118 [A-P]: '16 adornos and handles.'
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Body sherd made up of a red fabric with sandy temper, with a horizontal protrusion in the shape of a zoomorphic adorno, possibly of a frog. Two sub-circular projections at either end depicting eyes with partially perforated holes for pupils. Incised lines around the eyes and at the base of the protrusion.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth