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1922.58.16

Pottery pipe bowl.

1922.58.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery pipe bowl.
Geographical reference
Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Cultural groups
Asante
Person
Field collector Cecil Vincent Goddard
PRM source Cecil Vincent Goddard
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1874
Date collected
1874
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1922
Materials and processes
Material Pottery
Dimensions
Length: max 67 mm tortoise, Length: max 93 mm pipe, approx
Object numbers
Accession number: 1922.58.16
Research and responses

Britain made the Gold Coast a crown colony in 1874 [Encyclopaedia Britannica online] [AP 27/2/2002]

Search terms: Narcotic, Pottery, Figure, Pipe, Animal Figure, Tobacco Accessory

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