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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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, anthropomorphic adorno sherd in the form of a human head. The head is roughly crescent shaped with punctations forming eyes and nostrils with a protruding nose. A horizontal incised line forms the mouth with a pronounced chin just below incised with a cross shaped cleft in the centre. Below the chin is a deeply punctated hole. A portion of the curved body sherd is still attached.
Event Date 19/7/2024
Author: Aedan Jones