Detroit Institute of Arts Museum
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Rectangular gold weight geometric design, 17th or 19th century
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Maker Akan, African
Title
  • Rectangular gold weight geometric design
  • Gold Weight
Date 17th or 19th century
Medium Brass
Dimensions Overall: 1 1/8 × 5/8 × 1/8 inches (2.9 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero in memory of Catherine Baker Mayhew
Accession Number 2014.175
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Provenance
Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero (New York, New York, USA);
2014-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Quarcoopome, Nii. “The Akan Gold Weights Collection at the DIA.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 17 (fig. 1.5).