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Gold-weight

Akan

Artwork Details

Gold-weight
1900-1985
Akan
brass
1 15/16 in x 1/4 in x 3/16 in (4.9 cm x 0.6 cm x 0.4 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Milford Golden
1986/2.132

Description

Subject Matter:

Figurative gold-weight in the form of a knife with a bar-bell shaped handle. 

Physical Description:

Gold-weight in the shape of a cylindrical rod set between two circular discs, attached to a pointed blade set between two triangular protrusions. 

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