Accession No

1933.694 B


Description

Axe; Stone - A-B: a small stone axe and a bit of stone


Place

Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Asante; Obuasi


Period

Iron Age


Source

Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1933.694 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


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Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1933.694 A-B: 'a small stone axe and a bit of stone.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
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; Collected by: Wild.Captain.R.P in 24 8 1933
Event Date 8/9/1992
Author: maa


FM:319508

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