Subject(s): lost-wax process / Format: image - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

Description:: Two views of a twinned lost-wax cast copper alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 3. Lower "foot" plate broken off from figurine body. Height: 3.7 cm. Weight: 13.2 g. Kuulo Kataa, 15 June, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17308 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17314 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 3
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 95-137
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

Description:: Front and side views of a twinned, lost-wax-cast copper-alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 2. Height: 3.9 cm. Weight: 3.8 g. Kuulo Kataa, 4 July, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17314 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17323
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 2
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 00-318
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2012-08-02
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

Description:: Front and side views of a lost-wax cast copper alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 3. Height: 3.5 cm. Weight: 2.4 g. Kuulo Kataa, 4 July, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17308 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17323
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 3
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 00-319
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

Description:: Miniature lost wax cast spoon, perhaps a gold weight. From Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 14N 22E, Level 8. Length: 4.3 cm. Weight: 2.1 g. Ngre Kataa, 27 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 14N 22E, Level 8
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Miniature spoon
Subjects Facet:: Lost wax casting; Archaeology; Gold-weights; Copper alloys; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 09-313
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

Description:: A crucible used to process copper alloys from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 102N, Level 12. Crucibles like this would have been used to heat copper alloys to a liquid state for use in casting, including casting through a lost-wax process. Scale in cm. Kuulo Kataa, 27 June, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 102N, Level 12
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Metal casting; Metalworking; Copper alloys; Lost wax casting; Archaeology; Lost-wax process; Crucibles; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: Catalog number SF-KK-00-229
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2010-08-20
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

Description:: A twinned lost wax cast copper alloy figurine from Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5 cluster. Archaeologists interpret the Feature 5 cluster as a shrine placed among metalworking facilities. Height: 5.9 cm. Weight: 31.3 g. Ngre Kataa, 19 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19086; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19084; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19085
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5 cluster
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: Catalog number SF-NK-08-209
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

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