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Gold Weight3055/96

Gold weight. Shiny metal piece in ceremonial sword shape with curved blade. Handle has smooth, round pommel and cross-guard. Blade has an intricate design incised on one side and an upraised projection in the shape of an elephant's head (?) connected to the cross-guard. The tip of the blade curves up into a blunt, rectangular point.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/95

Gold weight. Metal piece in ceremonial sword shape with short cylindrical handle. Handle has rounded cross-guard and pommel, both with intricate geometric designs and the latter with a short rounded projection at the end. Blade is straight with an upturned point at the tip and five short notches cut into the base near the pommel.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/94

Gold weight. Metal piece in a ceremonial sword shape with curved blade and cylindrical handle. Handle has a round pommel and cross-guard with incised lines and circular projections around their perimeters. Connected to the cross-guard on one side is a hollow diamond-shaped projection extending outwards towards the blade.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/93

Gold weight. Shiny metal piece in sword shape with smooth handle and large, rounded cross-guard. Small notches are cut into the bottom of the blade from the middle of the blade to the tip which curves upwards into a point.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/92

Gold weight. Metal piece in sword shape with fibre wrapped around the join between blade and handle. The handle is round, widening towards the base before tapering into a round point at the end.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal and fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/91

Gold weight. Curved metal piece with equidistant upraised lines around its perimeter and an upraised circle in the centre of the convex side. One end of the piece has three prongs projecting perpendicular to the bar with an upraised circle on top and a square loop at the end. The other end has a thick, round conical projection and a flat, relatively square-shaped panel with two perpendicular projections. The design on the top of the panel is very worn.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/90

Gold weight. Curved metal piece that is wide in the centre and narrower at the sides with a ring connected to each end, one parallel to the curve of the body and one perpendicular to it. The parallel ring has rope-like design and is connected to the body by coiled lines that form a spiral on the concave side of the body. The perpendicular ring is smooth and connected to the body by coiled lines. The body of the piece has a design of braided lines on both convex and concave sides.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/89

Gold weight. Curved metal piece that is wide in the centre and narrower at the sides with a ring connected to each end, one parallel to the curve of the body and one perpendicular to it. The parallel ring is thin with a rope-like design. The perpendicular ring is thick and smooth. The body of the object is wrapped with a flat strand of copper ?.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal and copper metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/88

Gold weight. Curved metal piece with a ring at each end, one large and parallel to the curve of the body and one small and perpendicular to it. The rings are connected to the curved body by upraised rectangular blocks. The block connecting the perpendicular ring has two incised lines on it. The concave side of the curved body has a design of diagonal lines.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/87

Gold weight. Long rectangular metal piece with equidistant rectangular notches cut out along all four edges except for the centremost notches which are diamond-shaped. Centremost notches create a diamond shape in the centre of each side. Three of the four of the diamonds have a small red circle in the centre surrounded by incised lines and dots. The fourth side has an empty circle. Faint crescent-shaped lines are incised along the length of each side.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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