Accession No

Z 37320 C


Description

Rim sherd of a shallow dish. Rim is slightly inturned and small; with a small oval lug below. Formed of red ware with the rim painted red, with a groove underneath.


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 37320 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

87mm


Events

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 37320 A-C in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Three sherds which were in bag with "drawn" label.... C) rim + adorno nubbin of shallow dish, grooved along rim under red paint.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note reads: 'Griddles 10.1.5. = 16. Thick flat sherds ? griddles 18.1 = 18.1. Flattened bases (fine) 11, ([illegible]) 1. [Illegible]. rims (fine) 9, ([illegible]) 12", and in a different later hand: 'This was in box with 6 (i) A.1. 26-30" but count does not seem to refer to these?'
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (i) A.1.26-30". 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: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Sherd.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd of a shallow dish. Rim is slightly inturned and small; with a small oval lug below. Formed of red ware with the rim painted red, with a groove underneath.
Event Date 22/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:271564

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