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Gold-weight

Akan

Artwork Details

Gold-weight
20th century
Akan
brass
x x 1/8 in. (1.4 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm); ; ;
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.438

Description

Subject Matter:

Geometric gold-weight in the shape of a square base with a star-burst design surrounded by a circle. 

Physical Description:

Gold-weight in the shape of a thin, square base with three raised, intersecting lines surrounded by a raised circle. 

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