Ashanti gold weight. brass man with staff, 3 pal oil. tiny. Cf. 626
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Associated proverb: "As long as the head remins, one cannot avoid carrying loads about." Kolb Used in West Africa from 1400's through 1800's to measure gold, for trade or ransom, as charms or amulets, in the observance of customs, and to send messages.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Notation on card: Verso: Proverb, see 626.Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-6