Bored Stone
A steatite, or soapstone, carinated circular disc, with a hole bored through the middle. Stones such as this are proliferate in Sierra Leone, and thought to be digging weights. This is one of a number found during diamond mining, near ...[more]
A steatite, or soapstone, carinated circular disc, with a hole bored through the middle. Stones such as this are proliferate in Sierra Leone, and thought to be digging weights. This is one of a number found during diamond mining, near Kono.
A steatite, or soapstone, carinated circular disc, with a hole bored through the middle. Stones such as this are proliferate in Sierra Leone, and thought to be digging weights. This is one of a number found during diamond mining, near Kono. [less]
Further Information
- Object: Bored Stone
- Materials: Stone
- Culture Group: Unknown
- Dimensions: Unknown
- Production Date: Pre 1964
- Associated Places: Kono District (Place Collected)
- Associated People: H.H. Jackson, Area Superintendent Mines Dept. Sefadu, Kono District
- Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
- Accession Number: SLNM.1964.68.32
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