Small brass spoon with a shallow circular bowl and flat ornate handle, that flares into a triangle; all designs on spoon are incised. The handle has wavy edges, alternating between crescent-shaped indentations and triangular protrusions. Bands of crescents and dotted lines alternate along length ...

Small brass spoon with an oval-shaped bowl and thin cylindrical handle. The bowl has a raised lip, and tapers to a point at front. There is a grouping of three incised lines, close to bowl, along the handle. Rest of spoon is undecorated.

Small brass spoon with a circular shallow bowl and long straight handle. Handle has incised design of a double zigzag down the centre, with small crescent shapes in negative spaces. Edges are bordered with a band of horizontal lines. The end of the handle has a decorative spiral extending from th...

Brass pipe (part a) with detachable stem (part b); decorated with raised geometric motifs throughout. Bowl is cylindrical with a flared lip and rounded shoulder, before tapering to a point at bottom; space between lip and shoulder decorated with band of diamonds. Shank extends from base of bowl a...

Diamond-shaped brass gold weight with raised design on top; sides and back are undecorated. Design consists of a vertical line extending from the top to bottom point, with diagonal lines branching off at upward angles.

Woman mask with a long oval-shaped face and elaborate coiffure; mask is wooden and stained. Facial features are raised: arched brows, bulbous eyes with a ridge through the middle, long thin nose with wide nostrils, pursed lips, and scarification. Scarification consists of four curved lines on the...

Donor and wife lived in Ghana for about 20 years, working for National Gold Mines. Was able to acquire items mostly through convivality with Ablade Glover (then a high officer in Heritage Dept. of Ghana).

Rectangular brass gold weight with concave back, semi-circular protrusions in the centre of the short edges, and raised linear designs across surface; back is undecorated. Raised designs consist of rows of zigzags, with plain horizontal lines in between. Middle of rectangle, where weight curves, ...

Square brass gold weight with raised section on top; sides and base are undecorated. Raised section is decorated with a thin horizontal line, extending inward from the right side, and a square cutout along the bottom centre edge.

Square brass gold weight with raised designs on top; sides and base are undecorated. Design consists of a capital "I"-shape filled with triangle cutouts. The triangles alternate between pointing upward and downward.