Accession No
1955.45 B
Description
Red ware adorno sherd depicting a bird head. Pierced through the neck, it has bulging round eyes with incised concentric circles and a long beak with incised sides and rounded end; it has a hemispherical knob on top and a bifid knob at its end.
Place
Americas; South America; Brazil; Pará; Santarém
Period
Incised and Punctate Horizon Santarem
Source
Ashton, Peter Shaw [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1955.45 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
43mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1955.45 A-C: 'Three brown or buff pottery " adornos" representing long-snouted animal heads. All have transverse hole through neck.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Surface collection. Collected by Peter Shaw Ashton, University of Cambridge Amazon Expedition 1954.
Event Date 1954
Author: maa
Context (References)
Ashton, P.S. (1955). ‘To The Mountains of the Moon’. The Eagle, vol. LVI, no. 246. pp. 161-164
Event Date 1955
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1955.45 A-C: 'At least two look more like birds of 'prey.'
Event Date 7/10/2003
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Red ware adorno sherd depicting a bird head. Pierced through the neck, it has bulging round eyes with incised concentric circles and a long beak with incised sides and rounded end; it has a hemispherical knob on top and a bifid knob at its end.
Event Date 5/12/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:322459
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