Gold weight

Museum number:
5-16516
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016516
Alternate number:
-758 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
1
Description:
Gold weight; cannon on large pedastal.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 4.9 centimeters, width 3 centimeters, and length 2.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16516, described as Gold weight; cannon on large pedastal.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16516, described as Gold weight; cannon on large pedastal.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16516, described as Gold weight; cannon on large pedastal.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16516, described as Gold weight; cannon on large pedastal.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16516, described as Gold weight; cannon on large pedastal.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16516, described as Gold weight; cannon on large pedastal.

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