Gold weight

Museum number:
5-10861
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010861
Alternate number:
B-642 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4192
Description:
Ashanti gold weight; figurine, man uprooting palm tree.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Used during the gold dust currency trade which flourished on the Ivory Coast from teh 1400's throught the 1800's.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-4. Native name: abrammuo = goldweight.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10861, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurine, man uprooting palm tree.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10861, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurine, man uprooting palm tree.

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