Gold-weight (abrammuo): male figure

Akan

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Akan. Gold-weight (abrammuo): male figure, ca. 1700–1900. Copper alloy, length: 3 in. (length: 4.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.45. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Akan

Title

Gold-weight (abrammuo): male figure

Date

ca. 1700–1900

Period

Late Period

Geography

Place used: Ghana

Medium

Copper alloy

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

length: 3 in. (length: 4.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Shirley B. Williams

Accession Number

1990.221.45

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