Gold Weight in the form of a Figure capturing a Monkey in a Tree (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th-20th century
Akan
Tools, Equipment, Utensils
Metalwork
brass
Ghana
Overall: 1 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/2 in. (3.18 × 5.72 × 1.27 cm)
2005.31
From the Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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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