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Description: | CULT Ashanti probably C18th or C19th Gold Coast Ghana This brass box is rectangular with slightly rounded edges and a decoration of embossed vertical lines around the sides. The lid is decorated with embossed radiating from a & central square. These boxes were used for carrying gold dust, which was the local currency on the Gold Coast at one time. However, . In 1894, the colonial administration in the region banned the use of gold dust as currency. |
License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ |
Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Subjects: | CURRENCY : CEREMONIAL : ASHANTI : CONTAINER : JEN : FOCUS1 : GOLD COAST : WEST AFRICA : ABRAMMUO : ABRAMO : ASANTE : AKAN : WEST AFRICA : |
Source: | Hunterian Museum |
Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... |
Language: | en-GB |
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