Cross-Hatched Stone

Unidentified maker (Ghana)

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Neolithic

Sandstone

Overall: 2 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 in. (7.5 × 5 × 2.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of R. Duncan Mathewson III, Class of 1960

166.55.24004

Geography

Place Made: Ghana, Western Africa, Africa

Object Name

Artifact

Research Area

Africa

Archaeology

Not on view

Provenance

Excavated by the donor, R. Duncan Mathewson III, Kintompo Neolithic assemblage, Chokoto, Western Ghana; given to present collection, 1966.

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