Gold dust box lid

Museum number:

5-10476b

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.4036

Description:

box with lid; oval, sheet brass. a) box; decorated on sides with slanted lines of punched dots, bottom with light bulb shaped designs 9 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm. b) lid; fitted, decorated with light bulb shape designs, 8.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm.

Donor:

Franklin H. Williams

Collection place:

Ghana

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Ghana, Ashanti (Asante)

Culture or time period:

Ashanti

Collector:

Franklin H. Williams

Collection date:

unknown

Materials:

Brass (alloy)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers

Accession date:

June 1985

Context of use:

Associated with Ashanti gold weights and the gold dust currency which thrived on the Ivory Coast from the 1400's through 1800's.

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

b— length 8.5 centimeters, a— height 2.5 centimeters, a— width 4.5 centimeters, b— width 4.5 centimeters, a— length 9 centimeters, and b— height 1.5 centimeters