Accession No

1946.141.103

Description

Vertical adorno sherd of buff clay, representing a zoomorphic full body. Head with punctated eyes and protruding nose or beak; constricted at body, with two vertical applied fillets and circular punctations on sides; rounded and protruding bottom section; solid at back. One side of head very worn.

Place

Americas; Central America; Honduras; Bay Islands

Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic

Source

?Guinness, Walter Edward (1st Lord Moyne) [collector and donor]; ?Feachem, Richard William de Fécamp [excavator and donor]; ?Leaf, Derek [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1946.141.103

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

70mm

Events

Context (Field collection)
It is currently unknown whether this object was collected by Walter Edward Guinness (1st Lord Moyne) in 1937 or excavated by Richard Feachem and Derek Leaf in 1939.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card by Richard Feachem for 1946.141[.1-206]: 'Lugs from vases and pots'
Event Date 1946
Author: maa

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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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)
Vertical adorno sherd of buff clay, representing a zoomorphic full body. Head with punctated eyes and protruding nose or beak; constricted at body, with two vertical applied fillets and circular punctations on sides; rounded and protruding bottom section; solid at back. One side of head very worn.
Event Date 30/7/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang

FM:317445