Accession No
Z 2684 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. A large portion of one face has broken off.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Barbados; Bathsheba
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 2684 C; MAA: 1889.154 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell: Strombus Gigas
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 2684 A-C 'Three shell adzes, the convex-concave shape being that of the shell itself.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
The Accession Register for 1889.154 records that these were found by the donor in a kitchen midden at Bathsheba, 28 July 1889.
Event Date 28/7/1889
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Harris, M.H. (2019). ‘The Pre-Colonial Pottery of Barbados’. In de Waal, M.S. et al (eds.), Pre-Colonial and Post-Contact Archaeology in Barbados. Leiden: Sidestone Press. pp. 77-97
Event Date 2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
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. A large portion of one face has broken off.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:314639
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