Accession No

1936.211 B


Description

Bowl of copper alloy sheet metal, possibly of brass, with a missing base, slightly tapering walls, and a thin, rolled rim. The rim has an iron ring core covered with sheet metal that has been rolled towards the outside of the bowl. There is a row of circular perforations around the bottom edge of the metal, with two rectangular tabs attached, where the base of the bowl would have been joined to the body.


Place

Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Gold Coast; Poposo-Nsota


Period


Source

Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1936.211 B


Cultural Affliation

Asante [Ashanti]


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Brass


Local Term


Measurements

222mm x 95mm x 222mm


Events

Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card for 1936.211 A-C:
[written in pencil in a third different hand] '(Suman)'
[written in pencil in fourth different hand] 'The method of making the rim of the two layer bowls, rolled over a ring of iron, is European, according to donor.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1936.211 A-C:
[written in pencil in a different hand] 'B. Base missing. Diameter 222 mm. Height about 80 mm.'
[written in black pen in second different hand] 'Ditto rim, base edge pierced for attachment at bottom.'

Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Wild, R. P., (1934). 'The inhabitants of the Gold Coast & Ashanti before the Akan invasion', The Gold Coast Teachers' Journal, Vol. 6.
Event Date 1934
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Related Documents)
For information about the pottery and some of Wild's other finds, see Wild, R. P. (1934). 'Stone Age pottery from the Gold Coast & Ashanti'. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 64, pp. 203-215.
Event Date 1934
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Field collection)
Collected by Captain Robert Powley Wild on 8th June 1935.
Event Date 8/6/1935
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1936.211 A-C: '"Fetish dish." Three old brass bowls - one inside the other.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Bowl of copper alloy sheet metal, possibly of brass, with a missing base, slightly tapering walls, and a thin, rolled rim. The rim has an iron ring core covered with sheet metal that has been rolled towards the outside of the bowl. There is a row of circular perforations around the bottom edge of the metal, with two rectangular tabs attached, where the base of the bowl would have been joined to the body.
Event Date 20/10/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:299897

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