Accession No
1950.687.10
Description
Abrammo. Goldweight in the shape of a hoe.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Ashanti
Period
Source
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1950.687.10; MAA: Z 25560 B
Cultural Affliation
Asante [Ashanti]
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
16mm x 19mm x 32mm Weight 0.005kg
Events
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 (Other)
green accretions - old ?bronze disease'. T.Cotterill, 23/10/2001.
Event Date 23/10/2001
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)
Abrammo. Goldweight in the shape of a hoe.
Event Date 16/10/2019
Author: Alexandra McKeever
Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 25560 B appears to be on of the 13 objects associated with the 1950.687 accession number. It has been given the number 1950.687.10. It is marked with 1950.687, although the marking has faded. [16/10/2019, A.S. McKeever]
Event Date 16/10/2019
Author: Alexandra McKeever
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 25560 A-B: 'Two weights in shape of daggers. A. Unmarked body and blade. B. Blade has bent to nearly a right angle to handle.' [Z 25560 A-B have been identified as 1950.687.9 an axe, and 1950.687.10 a hoe.]
Event Date 16/10/2019
Author: Alexandra McKeever
FM:285139
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