Accession No
1937.104
Description
Puzzle; Cigar; Object - Part of a so-called " terra- cotta cigar" : triangular object of ?mudstone with rounded corners and oval section (i.e. like a flattened cone); the whole surface except the butt end chequered with roughly incised grooves; Incision; Groove
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Nsuta
Period
?Iron Age ?Neolithic Kintompo
Source
Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1937.104
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Terracotta; Stone; Â ?Mudstone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Sandstone rasp, possibly used in preparation of yams.
Event Date
Author: Lily Pencliffe
Context (CMS Context)
Donor has been told that they were used for massage, but generally ascribed to a Keraunic origin; probably pre-Ashanti. Donor' s note: A " puzzle" , probably made of mudstone. Checked: july, 1973; Found: Found on the surface at Nsuta, c.35 miles north-west of Kumasi; Collected by: Daniells in 5 3 1937
Event Date 3/10/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Part of a so-called " terra- cotta cigar" : triangular object of ?mudstone with rounded corners and oval section (i.e. like a flattened cone); the whole surface except the butt end chequered with roughly incised grooves; Incision; Groove
Event Date 3/10/1992
Author: maa
FM:65311
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