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- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shapes of two symmetrical protrusions on a flat surface.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.451
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.86893
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- Title
- Goldweight?
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a spiral, possibly broken off at both ends.
- 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
- 1997/1.366
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.86893
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- Title
- Goldweight in shape of a hen's foot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a three forked branches with rounded tops, attached to a short stump.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.465
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.86893
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- Title
- Goldweight in shape of snake
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a spiral, possibly broken off at both ends.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.485
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.86893
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of two balls, connected by a short stick and with a small pin at one side, covered in a geometrical pattern of lines and triangles.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.509
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.86893
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Gold weight in the shape of a rectangular form with rounded edges and in the middle two smooth triangular forms protruding outwards and slightly back.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.472
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.86893
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- 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 small bird, with a long, thin neck ending in a small head, resting to the side of the body.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.449
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.61894
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals and creatures
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- 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 11.61894
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals and creatures
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- 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 11.37927
- 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
- Goldweight in the shape of a square with a geometric pattern with a spiral form in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.477
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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
- Goldweight in the shape of a rectangle, bearing a geometric pattern with a zigzag line along one side and edged teeth along the other.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.491
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern with two spirals
- 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 of 2 spirals in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.136
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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 11.37927
- 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
- Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern, consisting of variously sized triangles in the center and edged teeth along two edges.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.479
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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 solid, undecorated square with a zigzag pattern along its edges and small, flat squares at the four corners.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.496
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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
- 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 11.37927
- 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
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with a geometric pattern derived from a swastika form.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.402
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- 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 11.37927
- 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
- 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 11.37927
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- 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 four flat cubes with a geometrical pattern consiting of individual "stars", each attached to two other cubes at two of the corners.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.410
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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 11.37927
- 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 three undecorated bars.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.422
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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 11.37927
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight with a base in the shape of a pentagon, bearing two undecorated bars.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.440
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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
- Goldweight with a square base bearing a geometric pattern of a solid, undecorated "X" form encased in a solid, undecorated square with two small protrusions in the middle of two of its sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.480
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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 on top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.394
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a geometric pattern with squares and triangles in the center and edged teeth along two edges.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.500
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- 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 11.37927
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight in shape of swastika
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a solid, undecorated swastika form.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.384
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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 11.37927
- 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
- Square goldweight or lid of a gold dust box, hollow in the back, with a geometric pattern with 2 spirals in the center and a row of edged teeth along 2 of the sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.487
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 11.37927
- 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 11.14928
- 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 11.14928
- 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 10.64165
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- animals
- animals and creatures
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- the natural world
- 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 10.25288
- 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 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 10.25288
- 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 10.25288
- 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 10.25288
- 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 10.25288
- 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 9.99466
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- associated concepts
- geographic and political locations
- geometric concepts
- goldweights
- mathematical concepts
- people and culture
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Spire, Monument Valley
- Artist
- Marilyn Bridges
- Physical Description
- Overhead view of the desert with a building on top of a mountain. There is a large shadow over the center of the image that forms a peak. A road is behind the mountain.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1957
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.281
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.97412
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- egypt (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- objects we use
- sculpture
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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 9.97412
- 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 9.94377
- 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 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 9.65019
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- objects we use
- 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 9.65019
- 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 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 9.50373
- 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 9.45634
- 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 9.44190
- 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 9.42330
- 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 9.42330
- 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