Goldweight Depicting a Geometric Shape

Arts of Africa

17th/18th century

Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples
Ghana
Coastal West Africa

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Culture: Asante
Title: Goldweight Depicting a Geometric Shape
Origin: Ghana
Date: 1600–1799
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 0.6 × 8.7 cm (1/4 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman
Reference Number: 2007.598

Muriel Kallis Newman, Chicago, Ill., by the 1970s; given to the Art Institute, 2007.

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