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Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.428

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

measuring devices

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Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.370

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

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Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.398

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

measuring devices

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styles and periods

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Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.419

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

measuring devices

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objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.381

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

measuring devices

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object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.389

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

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styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.409

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

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goldweights

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Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.368

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

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Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.421

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

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Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.439

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30739

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

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Title

Goldweight in the shape of a man hoeing

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Physical Description

Goldweight in the shape of a man, wearing a loin cloth and wielding a hoe against a large, oval object, sitting on a flat, square base.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1970

Accession Number

1986/2.128

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.30190

Secondary Keywords

africa (continent)

geographic and political locations

goldweights

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Title

Goldweight in the shape of a man

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Physical Description

Goldweight in the shape of a man with a large head, tilted slightly backwards, on a thick, heavy neck, and topped by hair or headgear in the shape of a ball; the face has protruding eyes and nose, and the mouth holds a snake-like animal above a small beard (goatee). The figure is wearing a loincloth and holds a short stick under the left arm as well as two small jars in the hands.

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1985

Accession Number

1985/2.42

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.28498

Secondary Keywords

africa (continent)

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goldweights

human males

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Title

Five Parts of a Scale

Artist

Artist Unknown, African

Physical Description

A brass scale that is separated into five parts. The scale has two circular scale pans, the pillar, the balancing screws and the plumb line.

Object Creation Date

1900-1985

Accession Number

2010/1.176A-E

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.20953

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

measuring devices

measuring devices for forces

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object genres by material

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weighing devices

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Title

Goldweight in the shape of a geometric clover

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Physical Description

Goldweight in the shape of a geometric clover.

Century

Possibly 20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1985

Accession Number

1986/2.135

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 4.19493

Secondary Keywords

africa (continent)

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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settlements and landscapes

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Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Physical Description

Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.432

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 3.80711

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

goldweights

metalwork

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