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Geometric gold weight

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Geometric gold weight

Akan artist

Date: 18th–19th century
Type: Weight
Medium: Brass
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Culture: Akan peoples
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 1994.312.2
Credit: Gift of Ernst Anspach, 1994

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