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 Unpublished MA thesis, University of Cambridge.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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