Gold Dust Scales (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

Educational
19th–20th century
Akan
Metalwork
Tools, Equipment, Utensils
brass, string
Ghana
Overall: 4 1/2 × 7 in. (11.43 × 17.78 cm)
2004.62
Not on view
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
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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