Goldweight Depictng a Scorpion

Arts of Africa

19th/mid–20th century

Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples
Ghana
Coastal West Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Asante
Title: Goldweight Depictng a Scorpion
Place: Ghana (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1800–1975
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 2.2 × 2.9 × 3.8 cm (7/8 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Britt Family Collection
Reference Number: 1978.882

George Stoecklin (died 1997), Golfe-Juan, France, by 1978 [see correspondence with Jean Britt in curatorial file]; sold to Raymond E. Britt, Jr. (died 2004), Britt Family Collection, Chicago, Ill., 1978; given to the Art Institute, 1978.

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