Accession No

Z 36014 B


Description

One rider lug of light reddish clay with red slip on exterior. An anthropomorphic or zoomorphic head on top with two undulating arms gripping onto the end of the hollow tubular lug which has one elongated slot on either side. Hollow interior filled with soil.


Place

Americas; Central America; Honduras; Bay Islands


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic


Source

Feachem, Richard William de Fécamp [excavator and donor]; ?Leaf, Derek [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

F


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

63mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil reading: 'F'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Richard Feachem and Derek Leaf in 1939. See archive for papers, correspondence, etc. (Doc.68, Doc.467 and Doc.470).
Event Date 1939
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (References)
Feachem, R.W. (1940). ‘The Bay Islands, Gulf of Honduras.’ The Geographical Journal, vol 96(3). pp 181-189.
Event Date 1940
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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 36014 [A-B]: 'Two animal-like vessel legs, each ends in feet. One is more worn.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
One rider lug of light reddish clay with red slip on exterior. An anthropomorphic or zoomorphic head on top with two undulating arms gripping onto the end of the hollow tubular lug which has one elongated slot on either side. Hollow interior filled with soil.
Event Date 19/8/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:318112

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