About the Artwork
Rectangular gold weight geometric design
17th or 19th century
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African
Akan
Brass
Overall: 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 inches (1.9 × 4.4 × 1.3 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero in memory of Catherine Baker Mayhew
2014.348
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero (New York, New York, USA)
2014-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Quarcoopome, Nii. “The Akan Gold Weights Collection at the DIA.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 16 (fig. 1.4).
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Akan, African, Rectangular gold weight geometric design, 17th or 19th century, brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero in memory of Catherine Baker Mayhew, 2014.348.
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