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Gold Weight
Unknown19th-20th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Weight depicting scorpion, triangular-shaped body, top incised with intersecting vertical and horizontal lines. Pairs of narrow, joined metal strips curve up and inward, suggesting pinchers. Metal strip curves up and downward from apex of triangle, representing the tail. CONDITION: Stable; conservation has removed sticky wax from underside.
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Details
- Title: Gold Weight
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 19th-20th century
- Location Created: Ashanti Region, Ghana
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116359/Gold_Weight
- Medium: Cast brass
- Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 1/8in. (3.2 x 0.3cm)
- Culture: Akan
- Collection: Arts of Africa
- Accession number: 88.192.66
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