Ashanti gold weight; figurine, man sacrificing chicken at shrine of nkabere. smooth, clean, shiny metal surface. tiny. Cf. 619.J = 3.5 cm
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:
Associated proverb: "If a fowl possessed life giving medicine, would it be taken and sacrificed over fetishes." 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 3.5 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on card: Verso: Proverb, see 619; PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-4. Native name: abrammuo = goldweight.