Gold weight

Museum number:
5-15572
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015572
Accession number:
Acc.4588
Description:
Gold weight, brass. Man on horse, bearing knife in left hand, blunderbuss in left. Slain animal behind man. Height 7.5 cm, Length 6.4 cm. From Africa, Ghana, Ashante. Possible tourist reproduction.
Donor:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ghana; Ashante
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-15572, described as Gold weight, brass. Man on horse, bearing knife in left hand, blunderbuss in left. Slain animal behind man. Height 7.5 cm, Length 6.4 cm. From Africa, Ghana, Ashante. Possible tourist reproduction.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-15572, described as Gold weight, brass. Man on horse, bearing knife in left hand, blunderbuss in left. Slain animal behind man. Height 7.5 cm, Length 6.4 cm. From Africa, Ghana, Ashante. Possible tourist reproduction.

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