Accession No
1939.182 E
Description
Abrammo. Rectangular brass goldweight with geometric patterns, and posisbly a broken through loop at one end.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Ashanti
Period
Source
Collins, William Wiehé [donor]; Jackson (Captain) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1939.182 E
Cultural Affliation
Asante [Ashanti]
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
14mm x 5mm x 44mm Weight 0.018kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Brass goldweight showing geometric patterns.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink and re-marked on top with pencil: '1939.182'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 for 1939.182: 'brass gold weight.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 for 1939.182: 'Four small boxes, 3 brass & 1 silver containing brass standard goldweights'.
Event Date 1939
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on back of Catalogue card for 1939.182: 'Checked July 73 1 triangular weight, 4 geometrical, 1 fish, 4 boxes.'
Event Date 07/1973
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
Context (Amendments / updates)
The group of objects accessioned as 1939.182 was not originally given suffixes. A-D were given later on to the boxes, but no suffixes were given to the goldweights. It is unknown how many goldweights were part of the original group. Six goldweights were identified in 1973 but they were not assigned suffixes or marked. Only two could be found in 2019. They have been given letter suffixes (E and F).
Event Date 28/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Abrammo. Rectangular brass goldweight with geometric patterns, and posisbly a broken through loop at one end.
Event Date 7/9/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:285269
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