Gold weight
- Museum number:
- 5-16554
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016554
- Alternate number:
- B-802 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- Gold weight; round drum.
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Brass (alloy)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Drums (membranophones) and Gold-weights
- Function:
- 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- width 3 centimeters, height 1.5 centimeters, and length 2.1 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
- Images:
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