gold-weight
- Museum number
- Af1947,13.260
- Description
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Lost wax cast figurative gold-weight, in brass, in the form of a cooking pot (osene) with cover standing on three smaller inverted pots.
- Production date
- 18thC-20thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.30 centimetres
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Height: 4.10 centimetres
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Weight: 65.40 grammes
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Width: 2.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- A proverb associated with this weight states, 'If you want to change the world, why don’t you remove one of the three stones that support the pot on the fire.' Meaning: if you remove one of the three stones the pot will fall into the fire and you will go hungry. In other words; beware of innovations for traditions contain elements which cannot be improved.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1947,13.260