Weight
- Museum number:
- 5-3244
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050003244
- Alternate number:
- B-159 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.1770
- Description:
- Brass weight. Rectangular, in form of a mancala board (African game). "ta anui" (a bit overweight); 64.26 gm
- Donor:
- University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
- Culture or time period:
- Baule
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- July 1963
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
- Accession date:
- 1963
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- width 5.52 centimeters and length 2.2 centimeters
- Comment:
- Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-5
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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