Gold Weight

AF2499

Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF2499
Current Location Africa Galleries - On Display
Culture Ashanti
Provenience Ghana
Date Made Late 19th–Early 20th century CE
Section African
Materials Brass
Iconography Horn
Description

Gold weight. Elephant's tusk horn, still smaller without spiral binding, with two tiers of jaws.

Length 4.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912

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