Elephant Tusk-Shaped Gold Weight
early 20th century
Culture
Ashanti
Locale
Africa
Country
Ghana
Object
gold weight
Medium
Brass
Accession Number
1948.598
Credit Line
Native Arts acquisition funds
Ashanti artist, Elephant Tusk-Shaped Gold Weight, Early 1900s. Brass; 1/2 x 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition funds, 1948.598
Dimensions
height: 2.75 in, 6.9850 cm; width: .5 in, 1.2700 cm; depth: .5 in, 1.2700 cm; height: 2 in, 5.0800 cm; width: 1.125 in, 2.8575 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 in 1930; DAM exchange with Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England, 1948
