Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Materials: Brass (alloy) / Accession number: Acc.4192 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Divining chain

Museum number:: 5-10844
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 107 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: before 1967

2. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10866
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: height 6 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana

3. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10865
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: length 4 centimeters and height 3 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana

4. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10862
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: height 3.5 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana

5. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10864
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: height 4.5 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana

6. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10859
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: width 2.5 centimeters and length 6.5 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana

7. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10853
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: height 5 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana

8. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10850
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: height 5 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana

9. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10863
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: height 5 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana

10. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-10861
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Gold-weights
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: height 7 centimeters
Collection place:: Ghana