Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero (New York, New York, USA); 2014-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Gold Weight, 17th or 19th century
- Akan, African
Brass
- Framed: Overall: 2 × 7/8 × 3/4 inches (5.1 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm)
Gift of Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero in memory of Catherine Baker Mayhew
2014.961
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Lost-wax process
- Brass (alloy)
- Weight (scale component)
- Akan
- Ghana
Details
Provenance
Published References
Quarcoopome, Nii. “The Akan Gold Weights Collection at the DIA.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 19 (fig. 1.10).
Rights Status
Akan, African, Gold Weight, 17th or 19th century, brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero in memory of Catherine Baker Mayhew, 2014.961.
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