Accession No
Z 39987 I
Description
Shell adze made from queen conch (Strombus gigas). Truncated lens cross section with a curved cutting edge and one ground flat face. A small portion is broken off and missing with deep pitting to one side.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Barbados; Maxwell
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 39987 I; MAA: 1889.154 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Strombus Gigas
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 39987 A-J '10 shell tools and fragments, mostly adzes.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked: 'K. Midden, Maxwell, Barbados, H.W.F.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
The Accession Register for 1889.154 records that these were found by the donor in a kitchen midden at Maxwell, 6 November 1888.
Event Date 6/11/1888
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Found un-numbered but marked "K. Midden, Maxwell, Barbados, H.W.F."
Event Date 1985
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 queen conch (Strombus gigas). Truncated lens cross section with a curved cutting edge and one ground flat face. A small portion is broken off and missing with deep pitting to one side.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:314747
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