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Gold-weight

Akan

Artwork Details

Gold-weight
circa 1900
Akan
brass
1/8 in x 1 3/16 in x 13/16 in (0.3 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Milford Golden
1986/2.139

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Description

Subject Matter:

Geometric gold-weight with a figure 8 surrounded by comb-like motifs. 

Physical Description:

Gold-weight in the shape of a rectangle with a figure 8 surrounded by 9 raised notches on opposite sides. 

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