Accession No
Z 33057 E
Description
Female figurine of red fabric. The body is hollow and open at the bottom; the head is solid. The figure wears a short head-dress, decorated with impressed dots, and ear whorls; the arms are moulded, and extend from the shoulder to the hip, with small circular gaps perforated between the body and arm; facial features are moulded; the legs are moulded, with details incised.
Place
Americas; Central America; Honduras; Bay Islands
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Guinness, Walter Edward (1st Lord Moyne) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 33057 E
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
130mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
Feachem's Type 1. See Feachem 1947, plate IX, nos. 1-8
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter Edward Guinness (1st Lord Moyne) in 1937.
Event Date 1937
Author: Esther Laver
Context (References)
Guinness, W.E. (1938). Atlantic Circle. London: Blackie & Son.
Event Date 1938
Author: Esther Laver
Context (Acquisition Details)
The Moyne collection arrived at MAA in 1938, after being displayed in London from 19 May to 1 June. Richard Feachem organised and partially accessioned the collection in 1946; the remainder was registered in 1981 and 1995. See archive (FA2/3/6, Doc.68, Doc.467 and Doc.470).
Event Date 1938
Author: Esther Laver
Context (References)
Feachem, R.W. (1947). The Material Culture of the Bay Islands. Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 33057 A-G: 'Hollow figurines with necks. No suspension holes except in crook of applied arms (b, d, e, f; e has these right up at the shoulder instead of a more realistic place).'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Female figurine of red fabric. The body is hollow and open at the bottom; the head is solid. The figure wears a short head-dress, decorated with impressed dots , and ear whorls; the arms are moulded, and extend from the shoulder to the hip, with small circular gaps perforated between the body and arm; facial features are moulded; the legs are moulded, with details incised.
Event Date 11/7/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:315888
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