Accession No

Z 33147 O


Description

Miniature vase of brown ware. Polychrome with traces of black and red paint or slip on exterior. Open mouth with flat-topped rim; two rows of punctate dots on shoulder with one applied lug, possibly solid zoomorphic adorno; cylindrical body on annular base. A second lug possibly once existed but broken off and missing; ring at base mostly broken off and missing.


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 33147 O; E 203


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

65mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Label found inside this vessel reads: 'E 203'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


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


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


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: Jodi Zhang


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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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 33147 A-NN: 'Small and miniature annular-based pots with more or less cylindrical bodies, incised and punctate decoration.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Miniature vase of brown ware. Polychrome with traces of black and red paint or slip on exterior. Open mouth with flat-topped rim; two rows of punctate dots on shoulder with one applied lug, possibly solid zoomorphic adorno; cylindrical body on annular base. A second lug possibly once existed but broken off and missing; ring at base mostly broken off and missing.
Event Date 18/7/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:316273

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