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- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base, with a geometric pattern consisting of rectangular forms in the center and a single undulating line along the two long edges.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.486
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.78536
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight with geometric pattern consisting of a double "star" form.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.372
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.78536
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base with a geometric pattern consisting of 3 half circles and 1 spiral in the center and rows of edged teeth on two sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.411
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.78536
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight in triangular shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a triangle, bearing undecorated lines along the edges of its shape and across the middle, with a small protrusion in the middle of the triangle's base.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.490
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.78536
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base bearing a geometric pattern of four shorter bars, attached to a longer bar on top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.427
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.78536
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight in geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a a solid, undecorated triangle with a differently-colored, filled-up hole in the middle and flat circles protruding from the three corners.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.493
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.78536
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Rectangular goldweight with geometric pattern consisting of lines and "edged teeth".
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.144
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.66844
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern with XX in center
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern with a double "X" form in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.137
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.66844
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a fish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of an upside-down, U-shaped fish, of unknown species, with a bifurcated tail, a series of small spiraling circles along its spine, a long neck with horizontal incisions and a stylized human head with eyes, nose and mouth.
- Century
- Possibly 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.202
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.41035
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals
- animals and creatures
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- the natural world
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of an undecorated, double-bladed royal sword.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.468
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.21269
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- ceremonial weapons
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a single-bladed, smooth sword, undecorated except for the small ball at the top of the handle.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.514
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.21269
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- ceremonial weapons
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a knife with a curved, rounded tip.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.473
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.21269
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- edged weapons
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A goldweight in the shape of a double-blade sword, with open-worked blades, three cones decorating the top of the blades, and an elaborately worked handle with two balls with incised, spiral stripes and small protrusions around.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.513
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.21269
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- ceremonial weapons
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed royal sword, with incisions and a small ball along the shaft.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.505
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.21269
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- ceremonial weapons
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a geometric figure.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.393
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.08141
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- associated concepts
- geographic and political locations
- geometric concepts
- goldweights
- mathematical concepts
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a key
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a key, with two series of three lines around the body.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.511
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.07097
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- components
- components and systems
- components by general context
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- hardware
- keys and key components
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a chest
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a chest decorated with side-by-side "star" forms on the top and sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.507
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.05554
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- the human body
- torsos
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a knife, with a short handle set between two protrusions, giving way to a longer blade.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.132
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90628
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- edged weapons
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a Queen's Fan
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a fan: a small, thin handle attached to a flat, spherical form, with a spiraling motif coming out of the center; the attachment of the handle to the circular shape is by way of a semi-circle, decorated with a spiraling motif flowing in the opposite direction.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.129
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90628
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.182
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.198
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.191
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.184
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.200
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.193
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.186
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.202
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.195
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.188
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.180
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.197
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.190
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.183
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.199
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.192
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.185
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.201
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.194
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.187
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.203
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- This small goldweight cast in brass is designed in an abstract pattern. The weight is rounded with a pattern of lines crossing the piece vertically and horizontally to break the surface into a series of squares, with small round balls cut in two placed at the intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.179
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.196
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- 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.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.189
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.90176
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a human figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a human figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels and the hands at the side of the head, wearing elaborate headgear. Evidence of calcification.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.453
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.83181
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Semi-circular goldweight with horizontally incised rays.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.478
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.80772
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a sword with sheath
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a sword with a smooth handle, covered by a sheath decorated in a pattern of small "bubbles."
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.515
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.80038
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- cases (containers)
- ceremonial weapons
- containers
- containers by form
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a snake
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiling snake.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.504
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.79092
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals and creatures
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- reptiles
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a crocodile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a crocodile.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.508
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.79092
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals and creatures
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- reptiles
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- 1997/1.495
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.77580
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
- 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
- 1997/1.454
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 4.77580
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material