Accession No

1950.687.4


Description

Abrammo. Goldweight in the shape of a double bell.


Place

Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Ashanti


Period


Source

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1950.687.4; M7


Cultural Affliation

Asante [Ashanti]


Material

Metal; Brass


Local Term

Abrammo


Measurements

18mm x 12mm x 48mm Weight 0.014kg


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink: "M7"
Event Date
Author: Alexandra McKeever


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.687: 'Brass goldweights, 2 in the shape of fans; three in the form of two bells; 2 hammers; 2 axes; 1 adze or hoe; 1 pipe; 2 horns or trumpets'.
Event Date 1950
Author: Alexandra McKeever


Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on the back of catalogue card for 1950.687: 'Checked July 73. 1 axe; 1 double bell'.
Event Date 7/1973
Author: Alexandra McKeever


Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on the back of catalogue card for 1950.687: '6 identified. Mallet, see also Z 25476; 1 fan, Z 25412; 1 double bell, see also Z 25408 (A-B); 2 hors; 1 axe, see also Z 25402 / Z 25560'. The note is not signed but the handwritting matches notes by D.A.S. dated 1978.
Event Date 1978
Author: Alexandra McKeever


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: Alexandra McKeever


Description (Physical description)
Goldweight in the shape of a double bell.
Event Date 16/10/2019
Author: Alexandra McKeever


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