Accession No

1955.45 C


Description

Small buff ware sherd depicting a bird, possibly an adorno or lug. Projecting with short beak at a right angle, it is pierced with transverse hole, possibly representing eyes.


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 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

41mm


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)
Small buff ware sherd depicting a bird, possibly an adorno or lug. Projecting with short beak at a right angle, it is pierced with transverse hole, possibly representing eyes.
Event Date 5/12/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:322460

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