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2000.6.93

Brass weight used for measuring gold; stylised animal figure, seven birds perched a narrow bar-like structure representing a tree that sits on a geometric pyramidal plinth. See free-text.

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2000.6.93

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Collection type
Object
Description
Brass weight used for measuring gold; stylised animal figure, seven birds perched a narrow bar-like structure representing a tree that sits on a geometric pyramidal plinth. See free-text.
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 50 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2000.6.93
Research and responses

In The Art of Goldweights, Words Form Meaning, The University Museum, Philadelphia and The Anko Foundation, 1977, pl.63, the author suggests the proverb, "birds of a feather flock together" for an object similar in form to this one. [LP 5/10/2001]

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

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