Accession No
1935.674 I
Description
Sherd.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Western Province; Tano River; Nkran camp
Period
Iron Age
Source
Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1935.674 I
Cultural Affliation
Material
Pottery; Ceramic
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
The potsherds are mostly of different types from those formerly collected by donor. 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: From manager' s bungalow, Hill, Nkran camp, Tano River; Collected by: Wild.Captain.R.P
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1935.674 A-X: 'Sherds and 2 quartz flakes.'
A-G have stamped decoration, sometimes strongly recalling Anglo-Saxon stamps
Event Date 1935
Author: maa
FM:319635
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