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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1944.35.5 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name weight, gold weight Description Small cast bronze weight depicting a pole or tree with seven birds. One of a set of 18 gold weights given by Major A.V. Watson of the Gold Coast Regiment.This object is part of the West African Gold group because people of West Africa used these objects to weigh gold. Production place Kumasi, Ghana, Africa Production period 19th Century Material bronze Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

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IPSMG:R.1944.35.5
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Ipswich Collections
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weight, gold weight
Description

Small cast bronze weight depicting a pole or tree with seven birds. One of a set of 18 gold weights given by Major A.V. Watson of the Gold Coast Regiment.This object is part of the West African Gold group because people of West Africa used these objects to weigh gold.
Production place

Kumasi, Ghana, Africa
Production period

19th Century
Material

bronze