Gold Weight
MOA: University of British Columbia
3595/34
Human figure standing on a square base. The edges of the base are slightly uneven. The figure has breasts and appears to be wearing a skirt-like garment. The figure's left arm is curved downward, with the left hand on their hip. The figure's right arm is extended upward, with the right hand supporting a large pot on the figure's head.
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Narrative
Collected by Fred Haack while living in Ghana, c. 1990? Acquired by the Kelowna Museum (now Okanagan Heritage Museum) in 1996.
- Type of Item weight
- Culture Akan
- Material metal
- Measurements height 9.8 cm, width 3.4 cm, depth 3.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Fred E. Haack, Okanagan Heritage Museum
- Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum
- Made in Ghana
- Collection Date during 1990
- Ownership Date before 1996, before September 14, 2022
- Acquisition Date on September 14, 2022
- Item Classes metalwork
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3595/0034