Gold Weight in the form of an Axe (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th-20th century
Akan
Tools, Equipment, Utensils
Metalwork
copper alloy
Ghana
Overall: 3/16 × 2 7/16 × 1 7/16 in. (0.48 × 6.19 × 3.65 cm)
2006.193
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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