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Gold-weight

Akan

Artwork Details

Gold-weight
1900-1985
Akan
brass
7/16 x 5/16 x 5/16 in. (1.2 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm); ; ;
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.394

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Description

Subject Matter:

Gold-weight with a comb-like motif on top. It may resemble nkyimkyim, a symbol used in stamped adinkra cloth. Its twisted shape means 'to change oneself' or 'to play many parts' (cf. Niangoran-Bouah, The Akan World of Gold Weights, Vol. 1, p. 208). 

Physical Description:

Gold-weight in the shape of a square base with three raised, parallel bars facing the opposite direction of a single raised bar. 

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