gold-weight
- Museum number
- Af1979,05.1
- Description
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Lost wax cast figurative gold-weight, in brass, in the form of a standing male figure supporting a bundle which he carries on his head with his flexed and raised left arm. He holds a staff in his right hand. The figure stands on a flat plain rectangular-shaped base.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.10 centimetres
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Weight: 35 grammes
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Width: 2.60 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Acquisition notes
- Given by Mrs Wells, and recorded as "a modern Akan brass goldweight"
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1979,05.1