Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'Mt. Irvine Coombe Site 6. pit (i) B-C 1.26-32". 5 ring bases. 7 lugs or handles. 1 neck sherd. 40 rim sherds. Marked "fine - some drawn" by GHSB', and underneath in a possibly different hand: '?done'.
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Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: '5 strap handles. 23-48 mm wide. One has traces of red paint.'
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Author: Jodi Zhang

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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)
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Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note reads: '6 (i) B.C.1.26-32". loop or handles'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note in box reads: 'Mt Irvine Site 6 (i) BC1 26-32". FINE ?some drawn. 4 ring bases. 1 ring base w. interior black paint. 7 lugs or handles. 1 neck sherd w. zoned painting. 15 plain rims (various profiles). 17 grooved rims. 2 painted rims (red). 3 zone-painted rims. 3 red-painted incised rims'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

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(i) B.C.1. 26-32”. 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: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
5 strap handles.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Five fragments of strap handles, including one sherd with traces of red paint where the handle joins the body.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang