Royal gold weight: Ashanti; brass; in the form of a forest spirit sitting astride crotch of a tree stump. square beard, two blunt horns on top of head, legs loop to the right with 4-5 toes on each. bascom paper label on bottom.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Kumasi, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ghana, kamasi (Ashanti capitol)
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
December 18, 1996
Context of use:
Used for measuring gold dust which was the currency of the Ashanti
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 13.4 centimeters and height 20 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on card: “...from Kumasi dig”; PAHMA Storage Loc: Gray shelves; right of entrance Native name: Mrammuo, gold weight