Accession No
Z 33039 D
Description
Large shell of a marine gastropod.
Place
Americas; Central America; Honduras; ?Bay Islands; ?Swan Islands
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Guinness, Walter Edward (1st Lord Moyne) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 33039 D
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
85mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter Edward Guinness (1st Lord Moyne) in 1937.
Event Date 1937
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
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: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (References)
Guinness, W.E. (1938). Atlantic Circle. London: Blackie & Son.
Event Date 1938
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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)
The catalogue card for Z 33039 notes that these objects were found in a box with Z 33038. One item in this box was labelled 1946.260. This accession number corresponds to objects from Swan Islands. All of the objects in the box may therefore belong to this number, i.e they are from Swan Islands and collected by Lord Moyne. Both Bay Islands and Swan Islands have therefore been included in the Place field of this record.
Event Date 1981
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 33039: 'Stone (flaked and ground), bone, and shells.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Large shell of a marine gastropod.
Event Date 17/7/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:316031
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