Context (Related Documents)
Accession register for 1915.31 gives the complete list of items - this list was compiled long after the acquisition of the objects and has been taped into the accession register. It reads: '1915.31 (1) representing state sword; (2) representing elephant's tail; (3 & 4) representing sceptres; (5 & 6) representing war captain's swords; (7) representing war bell; (8) representing fish; (9) representing bird (emblem of Gold Coast); (10) representing Captain's axe; (11) representing royal fan; (12 & 13) representing forge bellows; (14 & 15) representing funeral bells. Kumasi; (16 & 17) representing palanquins (state carriages); (18) representing locket worn by King Prempeh; (19) representing cocoa pod); (20-23) representing charms (swastika etc); (24) representing comb; (25 & 26) representing cobras; (27) representing snake (held up in the wilderness); (28) representing honeycomb; (29-31) pyramid-shaped; (32) annular, cruciform patter; (33) stool shaped; (34) [drawing of a cross]-shaped; A number of cowrie shells. (35-40) 1 brass sieve, 3 scales, 2 scoops; (41-43) 2 spoons & 1 small pan all of brass for measuring and handling gold, in use during the time of King Prempeh'. [Please note the total amount of goldweights listed here is 34, not 33].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 for E 1915.31: 'A set of thirty three brass weights representing various animals and objects: a sieve three scales, two scoops and two spoons, used for the handling of gold dust in the reign of King Prempe. Kumassi.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for E 1915.31.11: 'Brass weight representing royal fan'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
A small label glued to the underside of the objet reads: 'R. 1915.286.20'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
There is a list of the E 1915.31 gold weighing set in the Blue Book, under 1915.37, but the goldweight listed do not tally up to 33 as stated in the Accession register and the Annual report for 1915. The items listed are: '1 representing cocoa pod; 4 representing charms (swastika + ots); 1 representing a comb; 2 representing cobras; 1 representing a snake (held up in wilderness); 1 representing honeycomb; 3 pyramid-shaped; 1 annular, cruciform pattern; 1 stool-shaped; 1 [drawing of a cross] -shaped; A number of cowrie shells. 1 brass sieve, 3 scales, 2 scoops, 2 spoons, + 1 small pan, all of brass for measuring and handling gold during the time of King Prempeh.'
Event Date 1915
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Annual Report reads: '[1915.]286. A set of thirty-three brass weights, representing various animals and objects, a sieve, three scales, two scoops, and two spoons, used for the handling of gold dust, in the reign of King Prempe [sic]. TV. Assah-Kisseadoo, Esq.' [31st Annual Report, presented 11 May 1916, p.9]
Event Date 1916
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on the back of catalogue card for 1915.31: 'Several positively identified - the rest lost nos and were given new Z nos. (D.A.S. August 1978)'. [The card covers 1915.31.1 - 1915.31.43].
Event Date 1978
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on the back of catalogue card for 1915.31: There is a complete list of these weights Blue Book 1915.37. Joan S. Cunning'. [The card covers 1915.31.1 - 1915.31.43 - please see Blue Book transcription in this record for more info].
Event Date 4/4/2000
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
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.
Event Date 5/11/2001
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Abrammo. Brass goldweight in the shape of a disc with a raised sun-like pattern, previously described as a royal fan.
Event Date 28/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
There are two discs-like objects that were found with little labels (R.1915.286.19 and R 1915.286.20). From the list taped into the accession register, these objects are likely to be the honeycomb (E 1915.31.28) and the fan (E 1915.31.11). The descriptions of the objects on the list are far from accurate (an okra is referred to as a cocoa pod) so it is likely that these two objects are not actually honeycomb and a fan but something entirely different.
Event Date 28/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
The list of items accessioned as E 1915.31 taped into the Accession Register has been the basis for identification of objects and assigning goldweights specific numbers as it is the only complete list found to date.
Event Date 28/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Although this is described as a fan in the accession register, it differs greatly from other fan-shaped goldweights which tend to be decorated on both side. This one is only decorated on one side, the other being plain and polished. There is no handle but a there is a small dent which may suggest that the object previously had an additional part. This would have gone missing/been removed long before it came to the museum.
Event Date 28/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau