Gold weight

Museum number:
5-14916
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-568 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4276
Description:
gold weight; cast brass; seated man throwing stones. square self base. with legs stretched out in front.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Collection date:
before 1973
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Goldweight
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 22.9 centimeters and height 3.7 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on card: “22.9g”; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-28-4 Traded 1973 with Daniel Crowley for #765Cast brass.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-14916, described as gold weight; cast brass; seated man throwing stones. square self base. with legs stretched out in front.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-14916, described as gold weight; cast brass; seated man throwing stones. square self base. with legs stretched out in front.

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