gold weight. cast brass; catfish (flat), no whiskers; curled pose. wt. 13.1 g.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana, Musa Silla; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1972
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Goldweight; associated proverb: "If a catfish gets fat he does it for the crocodile, who eats him finally.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 4.3 centimeters
Comment:
Notations on card: Rector; “13.1g” Verso; “If a catfish gets fat he does it for the crocodile, who eats him finally.”; PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-4. (Justin Ndiga of Musa Silla, $5, 1972)