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 Kono.

Further Information

• Type: Tools, implements
• Object: Bored Stone
• Materials: Stone
• Culture Group: Other
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: Pre 1963
• 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.1963.36.09

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