Figurative Gold Weight
Akan
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Akan. Figurative Gold Weight, 19th century. Copper alloy, length: 3 in. (length: 3.6 cm diameter: 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.37. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Culture
Title
Figurative Gold Weight
Date
19th century
Geography
Place used: Ghana
Medium
Copper alloy
Classification
Dimensions
length: 3 in. (length: 3.6 cm diameter: 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Shirley B. Williams
Accession Number
1990.221.37
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