Gold weight

Museum number:
5-10857
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010857
Alternate number:
B-631 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4192
Object count:
1
Description:
Ashanti gold weight; figurine man carrying knife, small broom?, and flat round object over head, wearing short pants, criss crossing straps across chest and back (suspenders); tarnished.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Used during the gold dust currency trade which flourished on the Ivory Coast from teh 1400's throught the 1800's.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-4. Native name: abrammuo = goldweight.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10857, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurine man carrying knife, small broom?, and flat round object over head, wearing short pants, criss crossing straps across chest and back (suspenders); tarnished.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10857, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurine man carrying knife, small broom?, and flat round object over head, wearing short pants, criss crossing straps across chest and back (suspenders); tarnished.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10857, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurine man carrying knife, small broom?, and flat round object over head, wearing short pants, criss crossing straps across chest and back (suspenders); tarnished.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10857, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurine man carrying knife, small broom?, and flat round object over head, wearing short pants, criss crossing straps across chest and back (suspenders); tarnished.

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