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2000.6.76

Brass weight used for measuring gold; stylised bird; a rooster standing on a flat polygonal plinth.

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2000.6.76

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Collection type
Object
Description
Brass weight used for measuring gold; stylised bird; a rooster standing on a flat polygonal plinth.
Long description
Brass weight used for measuring gold; Stylised bird; a rooster standing on a flat polygonal plinth. The bird has five segmented ridges along its back.
Geographical reference
Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Ashanti Province
Cultural groups
Asante
Person
Field collector Bernard Schottlander
PRM source Sara Hicks
Date / Period
Date made: Before 2000
Date collected
By 2000
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 2000
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Process Lost Wax Cast
Dimensions
Height 16 mm, Length 38 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2000.6.76
Research and responses

In M W Plass, African Miniatures The Goldweights of the Ashanti, London : Percy Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd, 1967, pl. 72, the author suggests the proverb, "Rooster, stop making such a racket. Your mother is only an egg." [LP 19/9/2001]

Search terms: Measurement, Figure, Weight, Measuring Device, Bird Figure

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