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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | African; Asante people
| | Title: | Gold Weight
| | Date Made: | 20th century
| | Type: | Sculpture
| | Materials: | metal on wood base
| | Place Made: | West Africa; Ghana
| | Measurements: | overall: 2 1/4 x 1 x 1/2 in.; 5.715 x 2.54 x 1.27 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | unmarked
| | Accession Number: | SC 2002.12.12.17
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the Herman Copen Trust
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
standing figure cutting down a tree with a snake in its branches, a bowl at his feet
Tags:
men; animals Subjects:
Men; Animals Link to share this object record:
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