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jar
Object Type
jar
Museum number
Am1938,0609.163
Description
Large pottery cylinder jar with slight flare at the base; punched and incised decoration, perhaps of a deity; two zoomorphic adornos.
Cultures/periods
Transitional Selin
Production date
800-1000
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Bay Islands
Materials
pottery
Technique
incised
punched
Dimensions
Height:
28.10 centimetres
Width:
20.20 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Healy et al 2010 / A Musical Nature: Pre-Columbian Ceramic Flutes of Northeast Honduras
Dennett 2007 / The Río Claro Site (AD 1000-1530), Northeast Honduras: A Ceramic Classification and Examination of External Connections
Healy 1978 / Excavations at Rio Claro, Northeast Honduras: Preliminary Report
Location
Not on display
Condition
Very good.
Subjects
pre-columbian deity
(?)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
Acquisition date
1938
Acquisition notes
Lord Moyne's Bay Islands collection was never fully registered but all objects had been marked 1938,0609. Assigning individual numbers began in July 2014.
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1938,0609.163