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Gold-weight (abrammuo): porcupine

Akan

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Akan. Gold-weight (abrammuo): porcupine, 19th century. Copper alloy, length: 3 in. (length: 4.6 cm width: 1.7 cm height: 2.4 cm. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.63. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Collection

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Collection

Culture

Title

Gold-weight (abrammuo): porcupine

Date

19th century

Geography

Place used: Ghana

Medium

Copper alloy

Classification

Dimensions

length: 3 in. (length: 4.6 cm width: 1.7 cm height: 2.4 cm

Credit Line

Gift of Shirley B. Williams

Accession Number

1990.221.63

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Akan

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