Ashanti Royal gold weight. cast brass mask incised scarification, small features and ears.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Ghana; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights and Masks (costume)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
king's weight for ransom of condemned man (or tribute from defeated enemy).
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 2.2 centimeters, width 10.4 centimeters, and height 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on card: Verso: Proverb, see 668. King’s weight for ransom of condemned man (or tribute from defeated enemy?) 170.9 gm. 2.375 pereguan (168.815 gm. i.e., 2 pereguan plus osoa, plus 1 suru, or 168.91 gm.) +2.09 1.20%.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)