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Description: | Brass spoon, used for measuring gold dust onto scales in Akan speaking areas of what is now Ghana. It is made from thinly hammered brass, with a rectangular embossed handle, depicting a stylised crocodile or lizard. It would have been kept alongside a set of items used in gold dust transactions, including scales, a brass scoop, a spoon, a stone for checking the purity of the gold, a chicken feather for collecting finer dust, and a selection of weights.
Brass spoon, used for measuring gold dust onto scales. It is made from thinly hammered brass, with a rectangular embossed handle, depicting a stylised crocodile or lizard. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | bronze brass (alloy) Akan Asante brass gold dust spoons | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-4493 |
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