| Title | Brass weight |
| Date | 1954-1989 |
| Material Type | Weights (scale components)
Brasswork (objects)
|
| Description | Brass goldweight with a series of triangles cut into top of weight; origin Ashanti people of Ghana. |
| Dimensions | Length: 3 cm, Width: .5 cm. |
| Subject | Ashanti (African people) -- Social life and customs
Art, Ashanti
Goldweights, Ashanti
Brass castings -- Ghana
Brasswork -- Ghana
|
| Geographic Region | Africa
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, West
Ghana
|
| Collector | Towles, Joseph A.
Turnbull, Colin M.
|
| Collection in Repository | Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
|
| Call Number | 1989.001.125b |
| Holding Institution | Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
|
| Digital Collection | Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
|
| Rights | Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424. |
| Media Type | Objects |
