Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 for 1927.173 A-I: 'A. Coiled snake with bulging eyes; B. Fan, circular with notched edges; C. Peanut; F. Gun; I. Casting of lobster claw; G. Geometric weight with three bars; H. State sword; I. Axe.' [Please note that the crab claw is actually marked with 'E' but much of the letter is faded which has lead previous researchers to believe it was 'I'].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Note in pencil on original catalogue card for 1927.173 [.2 A-J]: '?Ashante or Benin'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink: 'M8'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 for 1927.173 A-I: '9 Gold weights'.
Event Date 1927
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on Catalogue card 1 for 1927.173 A-I: 'A, B, C, F, G, H, I positively identified. D + E probably reaccessioned as Z nos.' The note is not signed but the handwritting matches notes by D.A.S. dated 1978.
Event Date 1978
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Tabitha Cotterill: 'Many of the golweights at UCMAA have small coloured dots adhered to them. The numbers written on these refer to the weight of the goldweight in grams' (05/11/2001).
Event Date 5/11/2001
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Abrammo. Brass goldweight in the shape of a sword.
Event Date 15/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
The original catalogue card for the object records 9 objects (A-I) but another card made later lists 10 objects, 'I' being associated to both a lobster/crab claw and an axe. The object was photographed in 2012 prior to being placed on display and is marked with '27.173 I'.
Event Date 15/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2022.5435 | Remedial
Event Date 4/10/2022
Author: Kirstie French

Loan (Exhibition)
Fitzwilliam Museum (UCM), 25/7/2023 to 7/1/2024, Enslavement & Resistance: Cambridge & the Black Atlantic
Event Date 25/7/2023
Author: rachel hand