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Goldweight Depicting Entwined Catfish

A work made of copper alloy.

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  • A work made of copper alloy.

Date:

18th/early 20th 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 Depicting Entwined Catfish

Place

Ghana (Object found 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.

1700–1925

Medium

Copper alloy

Dimensions

0.8 × 2.8 × 4.7 cm (3/8 × 1/4 × 1/8 in.); 1 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm (3/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Raymond Wielgus

Reference Number

1957.104c

Extended information about this artwork

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