Детали

IPSMG:R.1944.35.12

Ipswich Collections

weight, gold weight

Small cast bronze weight in the form of a figure with staff in hand, axe on his left shoulder and a load on his head. One of a set of gold weights given by Major AV 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.

Kumasi, Ghana, Africa

19th Century