Accession No

Z 35403 B


Description

Nearly complete jar, with half of rim and neck missing, uneven rim ranging from slightly everted to upright, on short wide upright neck, with globular body and flattened base. Red brown fabric with gritty temper and quartz inclusions.


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 35403 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

135mm


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 (maa)
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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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 35403 A-C: 'Wide-necked ollas with flattened bottoms.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Nearly complete jar, with half of rim and neck missing, uneven rim ranging from slightly everted to upright, on short wide upright neck, with globular body and flattened base. Red brown fabric with gritty temper and quartz inclusions.
Event Date 16/7/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:316155

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