Gold Weight in the Form of an Aboca Beetle (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Akan
Metalwork
Tools, Equipment, Utensils
copper alloy
Place Made,Ghana
Overall: 5/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/4 in. (1.59 × 5.4 × 1.91 cm)
2006.172
Not on view
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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