Accession No

1946.134 B


Description

Cylindrical roller stamp of grey ware ceramic. The outer surface has been incised with horizontal and vertical curvilinear lines with dotted circles in between.


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

1946.134 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

60mm x 80mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter Edward Guinness (1st Lord Moyne) in 1937.
Event Date 1937
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)
Guinness, W.E. (1938). Atlantic Circle. London: Blackie & Son.
Event Date 1938
Author: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Typed catalogue card by Richard Feachem for 1946.134 A-B: 'Pottery cylindrical stamp and cast.'
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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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


Context (Display)
Exhibited: Maudslay Gallery, Case 40, prior to 1985.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Display)
Exhibited: Andrews Gallery, "The Americas 1492", 15 June 1992 to 24 September 1994.
Event Date 15/6/1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Cylindrical roller stamp of grey ware ceramic. The outer surface has been incised with horizontal and vertical curvilinear lines with dotted circles in between.
Event Date 6/8/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:317449

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