Accession No
Z 35358 B
Description
One globular jar of calcareous reddish clay with grey core. Everted rim with rounded lip; wide concave neck; globular body with small dimpled base. Decoration of horizontal band of deep finger imprints on shoulder just below base of neck. Most parts of rim and neck broken off and missing, otherwise complete apart from larger cracks.
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 35358 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
180mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter Edward Guinness (1st Lord Moyne) in 1937.
Event Date 1937
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
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: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Context (References)
Guinness, W.E. (1938). Atlantic Circle. London: Blackie & Son.
Event Date 1938
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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 35358 A-E: 'Five ollas with wide, tall necks and flattened or hollow bases. Plain or with fingertip decoration.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
One globular jar of calcareous reddish clay with grey core. Everted rim with rounded lip; wide concave neck; globular body with small dimpled base. Decoration of horizontal band of deep finger imprints on shoulder just below base of neck. Most parts of rim and neck broken off and missing, otherwise complete apart from larger cracks.
Event Date 15/7/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:316045
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