bead
- Museum number
- Af,Ash.66.a-b
- Title
- Series: Asante Gold
- Description
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Hollow lost wax casting in gold of two open-work spherical beads (atinka/atenka) with a circular suspension loop. The beads consist of five small flat coiled discs with circular central voids arranged in a sphere.
- Production date
- 19thC early (before 1874)
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.20 centimetres (a and b)
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Weight: 0.80 grammes (a)
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Weight: 0.80 grammes (b)
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Width: 0.80 centimetres (a and b)
- Curator's comments
- The beads were moulded using a spherical core. Five circles made of coiled wax thread were positioned around the core of each bead and a separate suspension ring was added to them. The casting sprues have been left in place on the tops of the suspension loops. The core was subsequently picked out.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good. Bead (a) has some gold loss at the top near the suspension ring.
- Acquisition date
- 1876 (December)
- Acquisition notes
- See Christy Correspondence (File C)
Letter from W Sargeaunt, Crown Agents for the Colonies, 22 January 1877, confirming price of £371. 0. 4. for 100.275 ozs. of 'Ashantee Gold Ornaments.'
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,Ash.66.a-b
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1876C6.66a-b (old CDMS no.)