Gold Weight in the Form of a Bird on a Shield (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Akan
Metalwork
Tools, Equipment, Utensils
copper alloy
Place Made,Ghana
Overall: 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (1.91 × 3.81 cm)
2006.159
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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