Accession No
1935.212 B
Description
Sherd
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Adansi; Ampunyase
Period
Iron Age
Source
Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1935.212 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Pottery; Ceramic
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
See letter with 1934.178. 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: Found at Ampunyase, Adansi in a cutting 3' down. Sherds found nearby and NOT with axe; Collected by: Allan.R
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1935.212 A-D: '3 sherds and a small axe (Ngame Akuma or " god axe").
Sherds found nearby and NOT with axe'
Event Date
Author: maa
FM:319604
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