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品名（中）	黄金重量：几何
品名（英）	Gold Weight: Geometric
入馆年号	1994年，1994.312.4
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1500 - 公元 1700
创作地区	加纳（Ghana）
分类	金属工具（Metal-Implements）
尺寸	高 1 15/16 × 宽 1 1/8 × 深 5/8 英寸 (4.9 × 2.9 × 1.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	在十五世纪，铸造阿坎金砝码（用于测量金粉单位的黄铜雕像）被开发出来，以应对库马西开采的黄金的广泛贸易，这些黄金最初是通过撒哈拉贸易路线运输的。在当地，黄金因其装饰品质、地位以及对其内在力量和神秘性的强烈信念而受到重视。最早的黄金重量处理可能是在这些例子中看到的风格 - 图形，抽象 - 由于当时伊斯兰对黄金贸易的影响。这种沉重的矩形形式具有非常微弱的表面设计，这些设计被雕刻或冲入金属中。它的边缘是圆形的，表明人类的磨损很大。在螺旋两侧具有两个梳状形状的图案被称为"公羊角"或Dwanimen，指的是公羊角的螺旋形状。虽然这些作为砝码创造的微型文物通常被熔化和重铸，但历史图案受到重视并不断重新引入。虽然这个例子可能是在十八世纪甚至十九世纪制造的，但它的设计寿命很长。
介绍（英）	In the fifteenth century, cast Akan gold weights (brass figurines used to measure units of gold dust) were developed in response to the extensive trade in gold mined in Kumasi that was initially transported across Saharan trade routes. Locally, gold was prized for its decorative qualities, status, and because of a strong belief in its inherent power and mystery. The earliest treatment of gold weights was probably in the style seen in these examples—graphic, abstract—as a result of the Islamic influence in the gold trade at this time. This heavy rectangular form has very faint surface designs that were engraved or punched into the metal. Its edges are rounded, indicating extensive human wear. The motif with two comblike forms on either side of a spiral, has been called "ram's horn," or Dwanimen, referring to the spiral shape of a ram's horn. While these miniature artifacts, created as weights, were commonly melted down and recast, historic motifs were valued and constantly reintroduced. Although this example was probably made in the eighteenth or even nineteenth century, its designs are of great longevity.