Accession No

1938.730.4


Description

A small rhomboid shaped whorl made from hard red ware. Incised decoration is visible around the edge of the top slope.


Place

Americas; South America; Ecuador; Oriente Province; Macas


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic


Source

Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [donor]; Vigna, Juan [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1938.730.4


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

19mm


Events

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. 2d. p. 6.
Event Date 1/1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Bushnell (1946): 'a small moulded whorl of ware similar to the last. The ornament consists of a ring of pits, broken by two opposite groups of four vertical slashes, but these have no filling and do not seem to have lost any' [p.6]
Event Date 1/1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A small rhomboid shaped whorl made from hard red ware. Incised decoration is visible around the edge of the top slope.
Event Date 14/10/2024
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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