Gold weight

Museum number:
5-16363
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-666 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ashanti Royal gold weight. cast brass figure of a lion with a rifle in its mouth and a prone (hunter) human figure at its feet.
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
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
weighing gold
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 17.5 centimeters, width 11 centimeters, and length 11 centimeters
Comment:
Slide.B/W photo stored with Bascom Card Index file.Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, 1967, #80 “Integrated Education” Vol. 12:4, 1974:19
Loans:
S1969-1970 #72: La Jolla Museum of Art (February 4, 1970–April 14, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16363, described as Ashanti Royal gold weight. cast brass figure of a lion with a rifle in its mouth and a prone (hunter) human figure at its feet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16363, described as Ashanti Royal gold weight. cast brass figure of a lion with a rifle in its mouth and a prone (hunter) human figure at its feet.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16363, described as Ashanti Royal gold weight. cast brass figure of a lion with a rifle in its mouth and a prone (hunter) human figure at its feet.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16363, described as Ashanti Royal gold weight. cast brass figure of a lion with a rifle in its mouth and a prone (hunter) human figure at its feet.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16363, described as Ashanti Royal gold weight. cast brass figure of a lion with a rifle in its mouth and a prone (hunter) human figure at its feet.

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