Accession No

Z 35400 B


Description

Small, biconical jar of unslipped, reddish-buff coloured fabric with punctate and incised decoration. Rounded rim atop short, constricted neck; rounded, biconical body with gently rounded base. Shoulder features two opposed adornos and a decorative collar of circular punctations and linear incised lines.


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 35400 B; G21


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

70mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked in black ink: 'G21'.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (Acquisition Details)
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 1938
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (References)
Feachem, R.W. (1947). The Material Culture of the Bay Islands. Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.
Event Date 6/1947
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Z 35400 A-B: 'Ollas with narrow, flaring necks and pronounced lips--mini-lugs and bands of incised and punctate decoration below neck. '
Event Date 1981
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small, biconical jar of unslipped, reddish-buff coloured fabric with punctate and incised decoration. Rounded rim atop short, constricted neck; rounded, biconical body with gently rounded base. Shoulder features two opposed adornos and a decorative collar of circular punctations and linear incised lines.
Event Date 12/7/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:315977

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