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Gold Dust BoxK2.87 a-b

Rectangular metal box with a separate lid, with overall geometric designs in relief. The box (part a) is plain. The lid (part b) has vertical bands of zig zags bordered by lines that are perpendicular to their respective edges.

Culture
Akan and Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightK2.315

Relatively square metal piece with a design that represents eight units of weight. The middle is double-grooved at either end with four protrusions at either side.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightK2.314

Thick, rectangular metal piece with a design that consists of a snake pattern with lines (horizontal along one long edge while zig zags are along the other long edge) representing units of weight.

Culture
Akan
Material
copper metal
Made in
Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Replica WeightK2.97

Replica cast gold weight. Two bronze hornbills on a wood base. Both birds have rounded eyes. Both birds face toward each other with their beaks overlapping. Both birds are connected at the bottom across with a pedestal that is double-grooved in the middle and two-stepped at either side. One bird's tail is higher than the other.

Culture
Akan and Asante
Material
bronze metal and wood
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Replica WeightK2.96

Replica gold weight. Two bronze birds mounted on a wooden base. The birds have rounded eyes with a horizontal slit across the middle. Four cylindrical projections come from the head. The concentric circular wings rest at either side. While the bodies of the birds face each other in the middle, their beaks are turned backward toward their flat, angled tails. The base of each bird is attached to a long, thin four-stepped bronze pedestal, which is attached to the plain wooden base.

Culture
Akan and Asante
Material
bronze metal and wood
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Replica WeightK2.95

Replica gold weight of cast bronze in the form of a mother and child, attached to a wood base. The mother has rounded eyes, upraised brows that extend down into the nose, and a slim mouth, with rings are her neck. She has a conical hat and is sitting down. The child has similar facial features and is feeding from the mother's left breast.

Culture
Akan and Asante
Material
bronze metal and wood
Made in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK2.310

A metal spoon that has a round bowl with a handle that is covered with ovals, dots, and lines in a symmetrical relief design. The wide handle has a main design that consists of five pairs of side-by-side, horizontal ovals in decreasing size from top to bottom. Each pair of ovals is connected by an upraised horizontal line across them. At each corner and in between each pair of ovals, there is a dot, creating six dots around each pair to total thirty dots. Another upraised horizontal line across separates each pair of ovals, all of which are bordered by an upaised vertical rectangle with perpendicularly incised lines across its flat edges. The base of the handle next to the bowl of the spoon has a diamond shape with a rounded circle at the centre surrounded by tiny dots and bordered by an outward pointing upraised line at either side with horizontal incised lines across its flat edges. Antique.

Culture
Akan
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightAg77

Metal piece in the shape of an animal head, with long, tapering, cylindrical, upward pointing ears and a loop underneath the head. Has rounded eyes with a vertical ridge in between. The outward protruding mouth is long, flat, and trapezoidal-shaped. Behind the ears, two similar smaller protrusions extend upward. Flat chin.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightAf588

Metal figure of a female breast feeding a child on her left side. Her eyes are outlined with brows above. She has a nose and a mouth. Her hair is swept back upward and downward. She sits on a cylindrical object. The child has curly hair.

Culture
Akan ?
Material
brass metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1373/41

Human figure has a round head, rows of carved braided hair, a thick rounded neck, a long bust with slightly defined breasts, and arms at side. The lower half of the object has diamond-shaped legs that are attached to a circular base.

Culture
Akan
Material
wood
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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