Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero (New York, New York, USA); 2014-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Knot gold weight, 17th or 19th century
- Akan, African
Brass
- Framed: Overall: 1 × 3/4 × 1/8 inches (2.5 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero in memory of Catherine Baker Mayhew
2014.635
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Lost-wax process
- Brass (alloy)
- Knot (motif)
- Weight (scale component)
- Akan
- Ghana
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Akan, African, Knot 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, 2014.635.
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