Gold weights

Museum number:
5-10619a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210510619a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.4036
Description:
Vessel; brass, ceremonial A) body-two tiers, engraved, repousse and riveted sheet brass, geometric, linear designs, repousse animals, waxy interior, circular, 18x17 cm, B) bottom piece; circular sheet brass with fitted lip, blue corrosion 16 x 1 cm. C) top; conical with fitted lip, engraved and repousse animals and geometric designs ht 8 cm, diam. 17.5 cm. Used to hold offerings at funerals, female puberty rites, and other rituals and to store gold dust, precious beads and other valuables.
Donor:
Franklin H. Williams
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Accession date:
June 1985
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10619a-c, described as Vessel; brass, ceremonial A) body-two tiers, engraved, repousse and riveted sheet brass, geometric, linear designs, repousse animals, waxy interior, circular, 18x17 cm, B) bottom piece; circular sheet brass with fitted lip, blue corrosion 16 x 1 cm. C) top; conical with fitted lip, engraved and repousse animals and geometric designs ht 8 cm, diam. 17.5 cm. Used to hold offerings at funerals, female puberty rites, and other rituals and to store gold dust, precious beads and other valuables.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10619a-c, described as Vessel; brass, ceremonial A) body-two tiers, engraved, repousse and riveted sheet brass, geometric, linear designs, repousse animals, waxy interior, circular, 18x17 cm, B) bottom piece; circular sheet brass with fitted lip, blue corrosion 16 x 1 cm. C) top; conical with fitted lip, engraved and repousse animals and geometric designs ht 8 cm, diam. 17.5 cm. Used to hold offerings at funerals, female puberty rites, and other rituals and to store gold dust, precious beads and other valuables.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10619a-c, described as Vessel; brass, ceremonial A) body-two tiers, engraved, repousse and riveted sheet brass, geometric, linear designs, repousse animals, waxy interior, circular, 18x17 cm, B) bottom piece; circular sheet brass with fitted lip, blue corrosion 16 x 1 cm. C) top; conical with fitted lip, engraved and repousse animals and geometric designs ht 8 cm, diam. 17.5 cm. Used to hold offerings at funerals, female puberty rites, and other rituals and to store gold dust, precious beads and other valuables.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10619a-c, described as Vessel; brass, ceremonial A) body-two tiers, engraved, repousse and riveted sheet brass, geometric, linear designs, repousse animals, waxy interior, circular, 18x17 cm, B) bottom piece; circular sheet brass with fitted lip, blue corrosion 16 x 1 cm. C) top; conical with fitted lip, engraved and repousse animals and geometric designs ht 8 cm, diam. 17.5 cm. Used to hold offerings at funerals, female puberty rites, and other rituals and to store gold dust, precious beads and other valuables.

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