Accession No

Z 35874 D


Description

Small jar, with pointed everted rim on short wide neck and globular body with flattened base, red brown fabric with dark grey core, gritty temper with quartz inclusions. Chips to rim and large crack running down one side.


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 35874 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

91mm


Events

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


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: Stephanie Chinneck


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


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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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 35874 A-D: 'Ollas with wide necks and flattened bases.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small jar, with pointed everted rim on short wide neck and globular body with flattened base, red brown fabric with dark grey core, gritty temper with quartz inclusions. Chips to rim and large crack running down one side.
Event Date 16/7/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:316135

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