Accession No

1946.141.105

Description

Vertical adorno sherd of reddish buff clay, representing a zoomorphic full body. Head with applied punctated eyes and protruding beak or nose; constricted at body, with one horizontal protrusion attached to one side, possibly representing one arm; rounded and protruding bottom section with one circular perforation to underside. Solid at back, attached to vessel wall. A second arm possibly once existed but now 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]; ?Feachem, Richard William de Fécamp [excavator and donor]; ?Leaf, Derek [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1946.141.105

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

69mm

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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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 reddish buff clay, representing a zoomorphic full body. Head with applied punctated eyes and protruding beak or nose; constricted at body, with one horizontal protrusion attached to one side, possibly representing one arm; rounded and protruding bottom section with one circular perforation to underside. Solid at back, attached to vessel wall. A second arm possibly once existed but now broken off and missing.
Event Date 30/7/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang

FM:317447