Context (Field collection)
Checked, July, 1973. Donor believes the makers to have been a pre-Asante and pre-Fante people, who appear to have occupied the tops of the hills in this country (re: Vestiges of a pre-Asante Race at Obuasi" in the Gold Coast Review). 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); Found: Monkey Hill; From near the donor' s bungalow at Monkey Hill; Collected by: Wild.Captain.R.P
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1933.597 A-U: '2 ground stone tools, a ?hammerstone, and decorated sherds.
C: has well-known combed pattern; see card for sketch of projecting ridge above this design.
F: projecting rim; perforated by holes, approx. 1.6 cm in diameter (1 complete).
M: has pattern on the rim.
U: ?grinding stone'
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Author: maa