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- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.378
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Asipim chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.310
- Medium and Support
- carved wood with leather covering and metal tacks
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.437
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.464
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.497
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 solid rectangle with a geometric pattern of lines and incisions along its four long sides and an incised "X" form on the two short sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.382
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
- Century
- 18th - 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.117
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a stylized plant, possibly part of a male inflorescence of the oil palm.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.447
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 square base, with a geometric pattern with an "N" or "Z" form in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.484
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Stool with Mudfish and Crab Motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.53
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.367
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.430
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.455
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.482
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope, tied together in the middle.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.133
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.52
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a solid pyramid, with a small piece of rope attached to the hole on top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.403
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a fowl's head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of the head of a chicken.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.469
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Goldweight with two solid bars on top
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with two solid, undecorated bars on top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.501
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a war horn
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a war horn decorated with three bells at the mouth of the horn and a narrow, sloping mouthpiece.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.510
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.413
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.335
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.400
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.467
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.499
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Kente Cloth
- Artist
- African, Ghanaian, Kente
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.519
- Medium and Support
- cotton
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a bird, possibly a fowl.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.450
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.385
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Royal sword with gold-leafed handle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.309
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold leaf
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.391
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.414
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.457
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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
- 1997/1.488
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Ewe Standing Female Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.258
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a gun cartridge
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a gun cartridge belt with attached powder bag and horn.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.503
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- 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 5.89546
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian