Accession No

Z 33161 E


Description

Incomplete, globular jar of unslipped, brown coloured fabric with punctate decoration; most of neck and rim broken off and missing. Wide mouth with simple, slightly everted rim; short neck constricts slightly towards shoulder; globular body with slightly flattened base. Shoulder decorated with punctate collar formed from three parallel lines of oval incisions.


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 33161 E


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

135mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter Edward Guinness (1st Lord Moyne) in 1937.
Event Date 1937
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (References)
Guinness, W.E. (1938). Atlantic Circle. London: Blackie & Son.
Event Date 1938
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


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 1947
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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)
Z 33161 A-B, D-G: 'Monochrome ollas with medium wide, tallish neck, some incised decoration.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Incomplete, globular jar of unslipped, brown coloured fabric with punctate decoration; most of neck and rim broken off and missing. Wide mouth with simple, slightly everted rim; short neck constricts slightly towards shoulder; globular body with slightly flattened base. Shoulder decorated with punctate collar formed from three parallel lines of oval incisions.
Event Date 11/7/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:315929

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