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Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern

Date:

18th/19th century

Artist:

Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples
Ghana
Coastal West Africa

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Africa

Culture

Asante

Title

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern

Place

Ghana (Object made in:)

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1700–1899

Medium

Copper alloy

Dimensions

1 × 1.5 × 2 cm (3/8 × 9/16 × 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman

Reference Number

2007.590

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