Детали

IPSMG:R.1944.35.2

Ipswich Collections

weight, gold weight

Small cast bronze gold dust weight with openwork detail giving the look of a birdcage. One of a set of 18 gold dust 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.

Kumasi, Ghana, Africa

19th Century