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.

Further Information

• Type: Tools, implements
• Object: Bored Stone
• Materials: Stone
• Culture Group: Other
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: Pre 1962
• Associated Places: Kono District (Place Collected)
• Associated People: Paramount Chief. G.S. Ngekia, Kamara Chiefdom, Kono
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.1962.16.06

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