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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with sherds numbered Z 33036.
Event Date 1981
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 33037[.1-11]: 'Stone and bone items. Three are pestles. One item is flaked rather than ground. One has a hole through it which may be natural.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Five flattened pieces of ground stone, possibly used as tools. Includes: a stone with natural veining, with one end rounded and the other end angular; a grey and white crystalline stone with both ends tapered and rounded; a stone with both ends rounded; a fragment of a wide, flat stone with a rounded end; an oval piece of stone with a natural hole.
Event Date 12/7/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Analysis)
It is currently unknown whether these objects were collected by Walter Edward Guinness (1st Lord Moyne) in 1937 or excavated by Richard Feachem and Derek Leaf in 1939. Both the Moyne and Feachem collections from the Bay Islands were organised and accessioned by Feachem in 1946. However, many items from the Moyne collection were not registered until 1981, and others not until 1995. Whilst it was likely that most of the much-smaller Feachem collection was accessioned in 1946, it is possible that a small amount were only given Z numbers such as this in 1981. As most of Moyne's collection comprises of whole objects, particularly pottery and fine examples of stonework, it might be that these objects are from Feachem's excavations, but at present both men (and Derek Leaf) are tentatively included in the Source field. See archive for more details (FA2/3/6, Doc.68, Doc.467 and Doc.470).
Event Date 15/7/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad