Accession No
Z 39992 C
Description
Shell adze made from the columella of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Curved cutting edge ground on one face with a natural bevel terminating in a broken off siphonal canal.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Barbados; Mt. Gilboa
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
?Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 39992 C; MAA: ?1888.48; ?1889.156; ?1890.124; ?1891.76
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell: Strombus Gigas
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Probably Feilden: were in box with Feilden, Cave and im Thurn material but the latter two were all labelled
Event Date 1985
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 3992 A-C: 'Shell tool and fragment.'
Event Date 1985
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Shell adze made from the columella of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Curved cutting edge ground on one face with a natural bevel terminating in a broken off siphonal canal.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:314606
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