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

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

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: Aedan Jones

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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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 35340 A-X 'Lugs, humanoid or lizard-like. Some fragments. v and w are faces with cleft chins rather than whole bodies.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Vertical, elongated, zoopomorphic adorno sherd in the form of an animal's head. The face is made up of an upturned punctated cylindrical protrusuion with two sets of holes either side forming eyes and ears. Below this is a triangular portion with a small hole in the centre forming the mouth. The lower portion has a horizontal incised line with a rounded end with a single deep punctation. Some of the vessel wall is still attached. Possibly a bat or rodent.
Event Date 18/7/2024
Author: Aedan Jones