Accession No
1937.843 B
Description
Copper awl with squared cross-section, tapering at both ends; one end split.
Place
Americas; South America; Ecuador; Santa Elena Province; La Libertad
Period
Regional Developmental Period Guangala
Source
Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1937.843 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper
Local Term
Measurements
3mm x 49mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Mound G1a, La Libertad. Excavated by G.H.S. Bushnell in 1937. See photographic collection (P.145474.BUS – P.145604.BUS) for photographs.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A is penannular ring, B is ?awl.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa
Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (1951). The Archaeology of the Santa Elena Peninsula in South-West Ecuador. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Copper awl with squared cross-section, tapering at both ends; one end split.
Event Date 7/4/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue
FM:326571
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