Copper alloy box [.1] with lid [.2], rectangle with bird figures on the lid. [MJD 05/04/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Copper alloy box [.1] with lid [.2], rectangle with bird figures on the lid. [MJD 05/04/2011]
Long description: Copper alloy box [.1] with lid [.2], rectangle with bird figures on the lid. The top of the lid has six spiral circles and six birds all facing inwards.
Geographical reference: Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana; Ashanti
Person: Field collector Robert Sutherland Rattray; PRM source Robert Sutherland Rattray
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1938
Date collected: By 1938
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Lost Wax Cast
Dimensions: Height 38 mm total, Width: max 53 mm, Length: max 68 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.18.925.1 Accession number: 1938.18.925.2
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour on page 21 of 'Made for Trade' by Julia Nicholson and Faye Belsey, the booklet produced to accompany the temporary exhibition with the same title 'Made for Trade' held at the Pitt Rivers Museum from the 18th July 2011 to 27 January 2013. Illustrated with the caption "Brass weights and box for gold dust, Asante Kingdom, Ghana" Illustrated with 1938.18.159, 1930.44.245 and 1884.97.18 [FB 16/01/2013]

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