Geometric Gold Weight (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th-20th century
Akan
Tools, Equipment, Utensils
Metalwork
copper alloy
Ghana
Overall: 5/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/16 in. (1.59 × 3.18 × 2.7 cm)
2006.151
Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter
Fortune, Courage, Love: Arts of Africa’s Akan and Kuba Kingdoms from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, William King Museum, Abingdon, Virginia, March 28 - July 12, 2015; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, September 26, 2015 - January 3, 2016; Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia, January 16 - March 6, 2016
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