Accession No

Z 35376 C


Description

Sherd from the upper shoulder of vessel with serpent head adorno or lug, with applied ridge for eyebrows, incised circles for eyes, open mouth with tongue extending from mouth and recurving to meet nose, a pointed fang on either end of mouth. Small rectangular opening on neck below head, with clay pellet inside for rattle. Brown material with gritty temper.


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


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten in pencil, 'F'
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


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: Stephanie Chinneck


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: Stephanie Chinneck


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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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 of Z 35376 A-C: 'Lugs (b clearly from a shouldered vessel) in complicated form: divided coxcomb-like ?top continuing into single loop to join ?lower jaw-like protrusion.'
Event Date 1981
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Sherd from the upper shoulder of vessel with serpent head adorno or lug, with applied ridge for eyebrows, incised circles for eyes, open mouth with tongue extending from mouth and recurving to meet nose, a pointed fang on either end of mouth. Small rectangular opening on neck below head, with clay pellet inside for rattle. Brown material with gritty temper.
Event Date 19/8/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:318136

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