Metal figurine

Museum number:
5-14117
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014117
Alternate number:
B-670
Accession number:
Acc.3681
Description:
Gold Weight; cast bronze; anthropomorphic mask; 4 rows of peg-like protusions representing hair; eyebrows in chevron design; self base has section missing.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
ca. 1948
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Proverb and ransom goldweight. Royal goldweight (king's weight for ransom and tribute). Represents Trophy Head Of An Enemy (fide Larry Dawson).
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 8.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Metal figurine, accession number 5-14117, described as Gold Weight; cast bronze; anthropomorphic mask; 4 rows of peg-like protusions representing hair; eyebrows in chevron design; self base has section missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal figurine, accession number 5-14117, described as Gold Weight; cast bronze; anthropomorphic mask; 4 rows of peg-like protusions representing hair; eyebrows in chevron design; self base has section missing.

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