Accession No
1933.693 B
Description
Stone axe.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Ashanti Region; Obuasi
Period
Iron Age
Source
Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1933.693 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Checked, July, 1973. 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 - 8 1933
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1933.693 A-C: 'Sherd and 2 small stone axes or celts. Axes found together. From Monkey Hill, Obuasi, Asante'
Event Date
Author: maa
FM:319510
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