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1907.38.31

A piece of wood, tapering to a point. Possibly a wooden support for a pot. [RH [OPS Move] 29/6/2017]


1907.38.31

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Collection type
Object
Description
A piece of wood, tapering to a point. Possibly a wooden support for a pot. [RH [OPS Move] 29/6/2017]
Geographical reference
Umtali, Webster Ruin
Person
Field collector E.M. Andrews
PRM source E.M. Andrews
Date / Period
Date made: 1600-1700?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1907
Acquisition information
Donated: 1907
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 21 mm, Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 385 mm, Weight 141 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1907.38.31
Research and responses

See information about E.M. Andrews archaeological work around Umtali in David Randall MacIver's 1906 'Medieval Rhodesia' p. 35 and on [AP 31/07/2009]

Associated publications
Andrews, E.M. 1907a: The Webster Ruins. Proceedings and Transactions of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 7 (1), 62–71. Andrews, E.M. 1907b: The Webster Ruins. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 50 (1): 35–47. [AS 31/08/2010]

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