Percy Woodward Collection | Theology Library Archives

Collection Overview

Title: Percy Woodward Collection

ID: 01/001

Extent: 0.0

Box 1 (#1): Trays 1-6

Record Group 1: Items 1-5, 11-20

Item 1: Guatemalan Beads: https://www.flickr.com/photos/152383452@N04/35738305415/in/dateposted-public/
Item 2: South American stamp: Could be used to add texture to pottery, or stamp pigment onto a surface in patterns
Item 3: Gold-plated amulet, South or Meso American: Most likely worn on a chain
Item 4: Anthropomorphic metal figure, South or Meso American: Gold plated copper; possibly worn as a pendant
Item 5: Pottery Fragment, South or Meso American: red clay with black, yellow and white pigments
Item 11: Ink Pot
Item 12: Limestone figureine of a Pharaoh, Egyptian
Item 13: Figurine of Osiris, Egyptian
Item 14: Limestone Ka figurine of a Pharaoh, Egyptian: a Ka figurine is intended to provide a resting place for the life force of a person after their death
Item 15: Charm or Bead shaped like a Forearm, Egyptian
Item 16: Figurine of a bull, Egyptian
Item 17: Figurine of a Jackal, Egyptian
Item 18: Figurine of Horus, Egyptian: The eye is a hole, possibly to be worn on a pendant
Item 19: Disc-shaped charm or bead, Egyptian: possibly a solar disc
Item 20: Charcoal Eye Makeup pot, or ink pot, Egyptian

Record Group 2: Items 21-24

Record Group 3: Items 25, 27-29, 31, 33, 35-37

Item 25: Vajra, India
Item 27: Stone tool, flat polished bottom
Item 28: Clay sculpture of a face, Guatemalan: Black paint over the eyes and bridge of the nose and forehead. Large earrings or earlobes, hole in the head
Item 29: Red sculpture, cow or bull head: openings in the front and back, the eyes are holes
Item 31: Small clay pot with red pigment, Guatemalan: redisidual red pigment inside, possibly to mix and create paint
Item 33: 4 separate pieces of clay sculpture creating 1 whole body: head, torso, 2 legs, held together by string, there are holes for arms, but the arms are missing
Item 35: Copper hand tool; head is filed to an edge; Peruvian
Item 36: Small figurine of a pig
Item 37: Granite sculpture with 2 faces, South or Meso American

Record Group 4: Items 38-45

Item 38: Granite sculpture, unidentifiable shape, smooth flat back, South or Meso American
Item 39: Granite sculpture of a person, playing an instrument, South or Meso American
Item 40: 8 Shards of pottery, red clay, varying designs; Peruvian
Item 41: Calendario Azteca y Piedra Del Sol, Mexico, copper disc
Item 42: Metal Spoon
Item 43: Small pendant with a circle of engraved flowers
Item 44: Large copper spoon
Item 45: Small copper pot

Record Group 5: Items 46-52, 54-55

Item 46: Oxidized copper disc, no engraving or inscription
Item 47: Wooden paint pot; white pigment inside: stopper has an animal on top
Item 48: Metal pestle, iron or copper
Item 49: metal mortar, red coating on the inside
Item 50: decorative piece of metal, iron: unsure of this item's purpose
Item 51: 2 long wooden implements
Item 52: Triangular brass creature with human features and pointed ears
Item 54: Small bell: possibly once attached to a harness
Item 55: Small bell, oxidized: Possibly from a harness or a toy

Record Group 6: Items 56-58, 61-63

Item 56: Cutting implement with a semi-circular head
Item 57: Bottom portion of a wedge: missing its head
Item 58: Possibly a writing stylus, wooden: Top has carved face with 2 sides
Item 61: Brass spoon: fern/leaf carved
Item 62: Possibly a wedge: Hollow inside, cracked down one side
Item 63: 14 Arrowheads: Made of various kinds of minerals, probably ornamental