Gold weight

Museum number:
5-14921
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-579 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4276
Description:
gold weight, cast brass; man holding knife, snake; self base. 38.7 g.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
January 1973
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Goldweight. Proverb: "Once the head of a snake is squeezed, its body becomes useless."
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-4. Purchased in Berkeley from a "runner." (Tunkara’s brother, $10, January 1973)C
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-14921, described as gold weight, cast brass; man holding knife, snake; self base. 38.7 g.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-14921, described as gold weight, cast brass; man holding knife, snake; self base. 38.7 g.

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