Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon

Arts of Africa

Mid–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 Depicting a Chameleon
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.: 1850–1950
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 1.5 × 4.8 cm (3 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Wielgus
Reference Number: 1957.257

Raymond Wielgus (died 2010) and Laura Wielgus (died 2003), Chicago, Ill., by 1957; given to the Art Institute, 1957.

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