Metal tusk-shaped object

Museum number:
5-15375
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4295
Description:
Brass casting, in shape of tusk. Raised leaf design on convex surface, snakes on either side. Loops on outer edge similar to Ashanti gold weights. Slot cut into convex surface for musical mouthpiece (cut post-original manufacture). Hollow. Length 39.5 centimeters, diameter at wide end 3.4 centimeters. From West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti. Context of use: possibly used as decoration on end of staff.
Donor:
Mrs. Stanley Zuckerman and Stanley Zuckerman
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
January 4, 1988
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Metal tusk-shaped object, accession number 5-15375, described as Brass casting, in shape of tusk. Raised leaf design on convex surface, snakes on either side. Loops on outer edge similar to Ashanti gold weights. Slot cut into convex surface for musical mouthpiece (cut post-original manufacture). Hollow. Length 39.5 centimeters, diameter at wide end 3.4 centimeters. From West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti. Context of use: possibly used as decoration on end of staff.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Metal tusk-shaped object, accession number 5-15375, described as Brass casting, in shape of tusk. Raised leaf design on convex surface, snakes on either side. Loops on outer edge similar to Ashanti gold weights. Slot cut into convex surface for musical mouthpiece (cut post-original manufacture). Hollow. Length 39.5 centimeters, diameter at wide end 3.4 centimeters. From West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti. Context of use: possibly used as decoration on end of staff.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal tusk-shaped object, accession number 5-15375, described as Brass casting, in shape of tusk. Raised leaf design on convex surface, snakes on either side. Loops on outer edge similar to Ashanti gold weights. Slot cut into convex surface for musical mouthpiece (cut post-original manufacture). Hollow. Length 39.5 centimeters, diameter at wide end 3.4 centimeters. From West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti. Context of use: possibly used as decoration on end of staff.

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