Gold Weight
1969.05.0006
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Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Gold Weight (1969.05.0006) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | Nationalist, Mid 20th century |
Culture | Asante, Ashanti, Akan |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Length) | 2.1 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Width) | 1.6 cm |
Dimension 3 (Depth) | .4 cm |
Weight | 8.8 g |
Measuring Remarks | None |
Materials | Metal--Bronze |
Manufacturing Processes | Cast |
Munsell Color Information | Dark Olive Brown (2.5 Y 2/2) -ns Moderate Yellowish Green ( 2.5 G 5/4) -ns |
Research Remarks
Published Description | WEIGHING THE GOLD: The gold weights of the Ashanti were part of the international trade routes. The gold rich Ashanti used these weights, made of wood, seeds or metal, to weigh gold dust for domestic and foreign trade for commodities like salt. Gold weights were a part of every businessman's equipment. (21) Geometric gold weights came in many sizes to weigh out precise measures of gold. Brass. 69.5.1, 6-11. |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | Cole, Herbert M. and Doran H. Ross. The Arts of Ghana. Los Angeles: University of California, 1977. de Kolb, Eric. Ashanti Goldweights.Gallery d’Hautbarr. New York, NY: 1968. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | Gift of Oscar H. Dodson |
Reproduction | no |
Reproduction Information | N/A |