Gold weight

Museum number:
5-14920
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014920
Alternate number:
B578 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4276
Description:
goldweight, cast brass; man climbing ladder, self base; wt. 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 for ladder: "The ladder of death is not climbed by only one person." Purchased in Berkeley from a "runner".
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
weight 38.7 grams and height 5.2 centimeters
Comment:
Wm. Bascom from Tukara's brother
Loans:
S2002-2003 #9: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 20, 2002–April 7, 2003)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-14920, described as goldweight, cast brass; man climbing ladder, self base; wt. 38.7 g..
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-14920, described as goldweight, cast brass; man climbing ladder, self base; wt. 38.7 g..

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