Gold weights

Museum number:
5-10589
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4036
Description:
Animal figure; cast brass, lost cast wax, resembles a bird or fish-like animal, flat with long mouth or snout, incised markings on body, triangular tail. length 10 cm, width 5 cm. Described by donor as a fake figurative gold weight
Donor:
Franklin H. Williams
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
June 1985
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10589, described as Animal figure; cast brass, lost cast wax, resembles a bird or fish-like animal, flat with long mouth or snout, incised markings on body, triangular tail. length 10 cm, width 5 cm. Described by donor as a fake figurative gold weightHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10589, described as Animal figure; cast brass, lost cast wax, resembles a bird or fish-like animal, flat with long mouth or snout, incised markings on body, triangular tail. length 10 cm, width 5 cm. Described by donor as a fake figurative gold weight
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10589, described as Animal figure; cast brass, lost cast wax, resembles a bird or fish-like animal, flat with long mouth or snout, incised markings on body, triangular tail. length 10 cm, width 5 cm. Described by donor as a fake figurative gold weight

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