Accession No
1950.686.7
Description
Abrammo. Brass goldweight in the shape of a crocodile with stripes down its back. One leg broken.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Ashanti
Period
Source
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1950.686.7; MAA: Z 25475 F; 1990.153 [Conservation Lab no.]; M
Cultural Affliation
Asante [Ashanti]
Material
Metal; Brass; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
22mm x 8mm x 53mm Weight 0.011kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 for 1950.686: 'Weight in shape of cat fish. Body twisted, flat head with ridged body.50.686 Cat fish, head broken with portion missing. Ridged body and flat head. Underneath lattice arrangement. 50.686 Crocodile with coiled tail, criss-cross design on body.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 25475 A-G: '7 Gold weights in the shape of crocodiles. A: Crocodile with catfish in mouth; B: Crocodile with catfish in mouth; C: Head has broken off, front legs in circle above body; D: Crocodile with symmetrical cross pattern incised on back; E: Triangular body with raised spheres; F: Crocodile with stripes down back; G: Crocodile with triangular body coils raised on back'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Z 25475 F'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in faded black ink: '50.686'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink: 'M[number illegible'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 for 1950.686: 'Four brass and one bronze gold-weight in the shapes of fishes and two brass gold-weights in the form of crocodiles.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on the back of catalogue card for 1950.686: 'Checked July 73. 2 catfish. 1 crocodile. 2 sawfish'.
Event Date 07/1973
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on the back of catalogue card for 1950.686: '2 fish 2 crocodiles identified Aug. 1978. See also Z 25274-25295. Z 25563.'. 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)
Brass goldweight in the shape of a crocodile with saw-like head. One leg broken.
Event Date 15/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Abrammo. Brass goldweight in the shape of a crocodile with stripes down its back. One leg broken.
Event Date 7/9/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:285125
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