Accession No
1934.1081 D
Description
Ground stone axe.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Asante; Akrokerri
Period
Iron Age
Source
Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1934.1081 D
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (References)
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)
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A-M: 13 ground stone axes.
N: 1 stone axe, not ground and apparently not finished
Event Date 1934
Author: maa
FM:319617
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