gold-weight
- Museum number
- Af1948,21.36
- Description
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Lost wax cast figurative gold-weight, in brass, in the form of a crested bird with a long curving beak (hornbill?), standing on a small perch. The bird's body is decorated with line patterns.
- Production date
- 18thC-20thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 4 centimetres
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Weight: 13.38 grammes
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Width: 1.20 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- A proverb associated with this weight states: '‘When a bird has a long bill, it uses it for eating on its own side of the river and not for stretching across the water (to eat on the opposite bank).’
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Acquisition notes
- The collection made by the donor's father, Capt. T. Bowyer-Bowes about 1895-1907.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1948,21.36