Accession No
1950.285.10
Description
Abrammo. Brass goldweight in the shape of a gun.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; ?Ashanti
Period
Source
Green, Frederick William [collector and bequeather]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1950.285.10
Cultural Affliation
Asante [Ashanti]
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
20mm x 8mm x 77mm Weight 0.019kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 for 1950.285: 'Geometric weight, square, flat, with small triangles at two corners. Frame with middle bisected by twisted piece of metal. 50.285 Geometric weight, square pyramid with column surmounted by point.'
Catalogue card 3 for 1950.285 [continuation of 2, same hand]: 'Fan, three sections, each like mud-fish tail handle has three bindings around it; Double-bell with handle; Flat fish with beak, rays protrude from its body; 50.285 Fish, flat with weight at base, perhaps once attached to an object or weight attached to add to weight. Mouth excised and raised eyes with ridge of fin at top. 50.285 Fish , head with narrow strip of a body, arm-like growths from head encircle body and meet at tail; 50.285 Crocodile, series of spikes from nose.'
Catalogue card 4 for 1950.285 [continuation of 2 and 3, same hand]: '50.285 Bird on rectangular pyramid; 50.285 gun; 50.285 Sword, blade broken off with stylized sheep's head at base; 50.285 Bellows, lattice on sides, silver in colour; 50.285 Antelope, two back feet broken off; 50.285 Antelope, long horns, nearly to ground; 50.285 Bird and snake; 50.285 Bird with wings outstretched on rectangular pyramid surmounted by series of rosettes; 50.285 Scorpion; 50.285 Figure with face similar to bush-cow mask see Menzel 926; 50.285 Lamp (Menzel 1107)'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.285: '47 Brass gold-weights in various [sentence unfinished]'.
Event Date 1950
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on the back of catalogue card for 1950.285: 'Checked July 73. 25 weights'.
Event Date 7/1973
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on catalogue card for 1950.285: '19 positively identified. Rest probably given Z nos. (Aug 1978 D.A.S.)'
Event Date 08/1978
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 gun.
Event Date 16/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:285188
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