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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Ghanaian, Akan people
Title:Goldweight: snake biting a hornbill
Date Made:ca. 1700-1900; late period
Type:Tool - Weight/Measure
Materials:brass
Place Made:Africa; Ghana
Measurements:Overall: 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 5/8 in; 2.2 cm x 4.1 cm x 1.6 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1999.201.4
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Barry D. Maurer (Class of 1959)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
1999-201-4.jpg

Label Text:
Although the puff-adder does not fly it has caught the hornbill.

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