Gold weights

Museum number:
5-10475a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210510475a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4036
Description:
Box with lid; rectangular, cast brass a) box; smooth sides, no decoration, small holes at one end, 8.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm. b) top; fitted, circular and straight line designs. Associated with Ashanti gold weights and the gold dust currency which thrived on the Ivory Coast from the 1400s through the 1800s.
Donor:
Franklin H. Williams
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana; Ashanti (Asante)
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 titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10475a,b, described as Box with lid; rectangular, cast brass a) box; smooth sides, no decoration, small holes at one end, 8.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm. b) top; fitted, circular and straight line designs. Associated with Ashanti gold weights and the gold dust currency which thrived on the Ivory Coast from the 1400s through the 1800s.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10475a,b, described as Box with lid; rectangular, cast brass a) box; smooth sides, no decoration, small holes at one end, 8.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm. b) top; fitted, circular and straight line designs. Associated with Ashanti gold weights and the gold dust currency which thrived on the Ivory Coast from the 1400s through the 1800s.

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