Box and lid

Museum number:
5-16367a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-674 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ashanti brass box for gold dust. rectangular soldered box (a) with removable lid (b). lid is decorated with pattern of 4 squares bordered on each end by striped bands.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
storage of gold dust
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a— height 2.9 centimeters, a— length 6.3 centimeters, a— width 3.5 centimeters, b— width 3.2 centimeters, b— height 1.5 centimeters, and b— length 6.7 centimeters
Comment:
Slide. NOTE: Card contains drawing of box.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box and lid, accession number 5-16367a,b, described as Ashanti brass box for gold dust. rectangular soldered box (a) with removable lid (b). lid is decorated with pattern of 4 squares bordered on each end by striped bands.

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