Accession No

1940.197.4


Description

Brass goldweight in the shape of a horn.


Place

Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Ashanti


Period


Source

Collins, Emily Julia (Mrs) [previous owner]; Rickards, Winifred Isobel (Mrs) [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1940.197.4


Cultural Affliation

Asante [Ashanti]


Material

Metal; Brass


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 for 1940.197 [1]: 'Fish, twisted in half circle, unusual in that it is not a catfish with spikes around mouth, pointed face and flat body, stream-lined shape with one fin on top, raised eyes, incised circles'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Other owners)
Donor: Mrs Collins via her daughter Mrs Rickards.
Event Date 1940
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 for 1940.197 [1-9]: '9 gold weights. Turtle, fish, stool, horn (this extraordinary), club, flint-lock pistol, hunter, tree cutter, bird-nesting'.
Event Date 1940
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Related Documents)
Correspondence between H.W. Poulter, Assistant Curator at Colchester and Essex Museum, and T.T. Paterson regarding this collection is now Doc.566 in the archive.
Event Date 1940
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on Catalogue card for 1940.197: 'Checked July 73. Fish Horn'.
Event Date 7/1973
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on Catalogue card for 1940.197: 'Only 1 (fish) positively identified - rest probably given Z nos'. The note is not signed but the handwritting matches notes by D.A.S. dated 1978.
Event Date 1978
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Brass goldweight in the shape of a horn.
Event Date 18/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


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