Accession No

1935.674 M


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 M


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:319639

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