gold-weight
- Museum number
- Af1949,46.72
- Description
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Lost wax cast figurative gold-weight, in brass, in the shape of a curved rectangular open-work shield (ekyem) constructed in a grid pattern. The front of the shield is decorated with three crotal bells (donnomma) and the back has a handle.
- Production date
- 18thC-20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 5 centimetres
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Weight: 18.60 grammes
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Width: 4 centimetres
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Depth: 1.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Proverbs associated with this weight state:
‘A shield which has been cut to pieces, we do not weave again.'
'When a shield wears out, its framework remains.'
‘If you have a shield and if you strike yourself with it thirty times, we don’t blame you.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good; there is some green residue on the shield and the bells.
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1949,46.72