Description (Labels & Markings)
Round red sticker adhered to object.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Related Documents)
The name of the Salesian priest mentioned in Bushnell's 1946 article is taken from the catalogue card 1938.721 and has been added to the Source field.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Field collection)
Bushnell (1946): 'This small collection of objects of pottery and stone was sent to me a few years ago by a Salesian priest who was living in the mission at Macas. All the information I have about them is that they were casual finds and that they come from the village of Macas itself.' [p.2]
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Field collection)
Macas, Province of the Oriente.

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1938.730[.1-4]: 'Four spindle whorls, one made from the base of a pot.'
Event Date 1938
Author: maa

Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (Jan-Feb 1946). 'An Archaeological Collection from Macas, on the Eastern Slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes'. Man vol. 46. pp.2-6. fig. 2c. p. 6.
Event Date 1/1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Bushnell (1946): 'of fine hard, hard red ware, with incised frets on the sloping surface. The incised lines contain remains of white filling' [p.6]
Event Date 1/1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A whorl made from hard red ware with sloping sides and flat base. An incised scroll pattern is on the sloping sides with remains of white filling.
Event Date 14/10/2024
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson