Accession No

Z 33057 F


Description

Figurine of red fabric. The body is hollow and open at the bottom; the head is solid. The figure wears a flat head-dress, decorated with incised dots, and ear whorls; the arms are applied, and extend from the shoulder to the hip, with small circular gaps between the body and arm, one arm missing; facial features are moulded; the legs are missing.


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 F


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

107mm


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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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)
Figurine of red fabric. The body is hollow and open at the bottom; the head is solid. The figure wears a flat head-dress, decorated with incised dots, and ear whorls; the arms are applied, and extend from the shoulder to the hip, with small circular gaps between the body and arm, one arm missing; facial features are moulded; the legs are missing.
Event Date 11/7/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:315889

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