Gold weights

Museum number:
5-10588
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4036
Description:
Figurine made of brass and lost cast wax, freestanding cast brass image of man holding spear in right hand, left hand on waist, rounded torso and limbs. ht. 8.5 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 titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10588, described as Figurine made of brass and lost cast wax, freestanding cast brass image of man holding spear in right hand, left hand on waist, rounded torso and limbs. ht. 8.5 cm. Described by donor as a fake figurative gold weight
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10588, described as Figurine made of brass and lost cast wax, freestanding cast brass image of man holding spear in right hand, left hand on waist, rounded torso and limbs. ht. 8.5 cm. Described by donor as a fake figurative gold weight

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