Gold weight

Museum number:
5-10849
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010849
Alternate number:
B-627 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4192
Description:
Ashanti gold weight; figurative; drummer playing two talking drums. one arm broken. tarnished, wedges worn smooth.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
Used during the gold dust currency trade which flourished on the Ivory Coast from teh 1400's throught the 1800's.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 2.5 centimeters and height 5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-4. Native name: abrammuo = goldweight Used during the gold dust currency trade which flourished on the Ivory Coast from the 1400s through the 1800s
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10849, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurative; drummer playing two talking drums. one arm broken. tarnished, wedges worn smooth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10849, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurative; drummer playing two talking drums. one arm broken. tarnished, wedges worn smooth.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10849, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurative; drummer playing two talking drums. one arm broken. tarnished, wedges worn smooth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10849, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurative; drummer playing two talking drums. one arm broken. tarnished, wedges worn smooth.

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