Gold dust box

Museum number:
5-15240a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[26] (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
gold dust box, brass; inside are several pcs. of quartz crystal; (a) box, square, 2.7 x 1.5 cm.; (b) lid w/ geom. and spiral designs in relief; 2.8 x 2.8 x 1 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ghana, Akan; Ashanti (attr.)
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Crystal (material by form), and Quartz (mineral)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Context of use:
Gold dust box in form of a goldweight.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— width 2.8 centimeters, a— width 2.7 centimeters, b— length 2.8 centimeters, a— height 1.5 centimeters, b— height 1 centimeters, and a— length 2.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gold dust box, accession number 5-15240a,b, described as gold dust box, brass; inside are several pcs. of quartz crystal; (a) box, square, 2.7 x 1.5 cm.; (b) lid w/ geom. and spiral designs in relief; 2.8 x 2.8 x 1 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold dust box, accession number 5-15240a,b, described as gold dust box, brass; inside are several pcs. of quartz crystal; (a) box, square, 2.7 x 1.5 cm.; (b) lid w/ geom. and spiral designs in relief; 2.8 x 2.8 x 1 cm.

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