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Gold-weight

Akan

Artwork Details

Gold-weight
1900-1985
Akan
brass
1 5/8 x 9/16 x 1/8 in. (4.2 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm); ; ;
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.472

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Description

Subject Matter:

Geometric gold-weight in the shape of a rectangular block with a central groove. 

Physical Description:

Gold-weight in the shape of a rectangular block surmounted by a small raised rectangle divided in two by a central groove. 

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