Gold weights, fish

Museum number:
5-10490
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4036
Object count:
1
Description:
Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; gazelle, 13.46 gm. weight called dwoa.
Donor:
Franklin H. Williams
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
June 1985
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Gold weights, fish, accession number 5-10490, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; gazelle, 13.46 gm. weight called dwoa.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Gold weights, fish, accession number 5-10490, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; gazelle, 13.46 gm. weight called dwoa.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, fish, accession number 5-10490, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; gazelle, 13.46 gm. weight called dwoa.

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