Accession No
1936.209 C
Description
Section of pipe stem socket from a red and black pottery, possibly terracotta, pipe bowl. Decorated with grooves and bands of stamped design; one small boss. Rim is intact and square, other end is broken and rough.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Konongo
Period
Source
Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1936.209 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; ?Terracotta
Local Term
Measurements
26mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Duplicate record for 1936.209 C: 'small piece of pipe stem (some doubt as to origin)'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
For information about the pottery and some of Wild's other finds, see Wild's article, "Stone Age pottery from the Gold Coast & Asante" (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol.LXIV, pp.212-3); also refers refers to syenite beads. Also, Wild's article, "The inhabitants of the Gold Coast & Asante before the Akan invasion" (Teachers' Journal Vol. VI, No. 3 & Vol.VII, Nos. 2& 3)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1936.209 A-C: 'Stone axe and fragments of pot base. C: ?small piece of pipestem, made from ?terra cotta; red on black fabric, with stamped pattern.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register entry for 1936.209 [A-C]: 'Stone Axe and fragments of base of Pot.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Section of pipe stem socket from a red and black pottery, possibly terracotta, pipe bowl. Decorated with grooves and bands of stamped design; one small boss. Rim is intact and square, other end is broken and rough.
Event Date 23/11/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
The pipe stem (1936.209 C) was not listed in the accession register entry but was in the catalogue card. It was apparently designated as anthropology, and stored with that collection.
Event Date 20/4/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Small piece of what might be a pipe stem, possibly made from ?terracotta; red on black fabric, with stamped pattern.
Event Date 20/4/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:287006
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