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Goldweight

African

Artwork Details

Goldweight
1900-1985
African
brass
1 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/8 in (4.4 cm x 3.5 cm x 1 cm)
Gift of Doran H. Ross
2010/1.179

Description

Physical Description:

This small goldweight cast in brass is designed in an abstract pattern. The weight is rounded with a pattern of lines crossing the piece vertically and horizontally to break the surface into a series of squares, with small round balls cut in two placed at the intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines.

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