Circular Gold Weight

Circular Gold Weight

early 1900s
Culture
Ashanti
Country
Ghana
Object
gold weight
Medium
brass
Accession Number
1948.596
Credit Line
Native Arts acquisition fund

Ashanti artist, Circular Gold Weight, early 1900s. Brass; 2 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition fund, 1948.596.

Dimensions
length: 2 1/4 in, 5.715 cm; height: 2 1/8 in, 5.3975 cm; width: 1 7/8 in, 4.7625 cm
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Arts of Africa
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Collected by Captain Robert Powley Wild (1882-1946), Ghana; Given to Pitt Rivers Museum in 1930; DAM exchange with Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England, 1948