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


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