gold-weight
- Museum number
- Af1900,0513.6
- Description
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Lost wax cast figurative gold-weight in brass, in the form of two male figures standing face to face shaking hands, one is holding his beard. One figure is cast from a silver coloured metal and the other figure is cast using a gold coloured metal. They are both standing on a flat rectangular base.
- Production date
- 18thC-20thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.10 centimetres
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Weight: 26.80 grammes
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Width: 3 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This weight may represent the meeting of the famous old men known throughout Asante as Amoako and Adu, two legendary friends who meet again after many years of separation, both having encountered misfortune and become very poor. In many castings one of them is depicted as carrying a bunch of keys, all he has left to show of former wealth (see Rattray, 1923, 312).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1900,0513.6
