Gold weight

Museum number:
5-14918
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-576 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4276
Description:
gold weight, cast brass; standing water buffalo with bird resting on its horns and something in its mouth. 33.0 g.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1973
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Goldweigth
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 1.5 centimeters
Comment:
Notations on card: Recto; “33.0g” (purch. in Berh. from a runner) Verso; “If it were not for the elephant, the buffalo would be the greatest of beasts.”; PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-4. (Tunkara’s brother , $10, January 1973; Purchased in Berkeley from a "runner")
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-14918, described as gold weight, cast brass; standing water buffalo with bird resting on its horns and something in its mouth. 33.0 g.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-14918, described as gold weight, cast brass; standing water buffalo with bird resting on its horns and something in its mouth. 33.0 g.

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