Bird-Shaped Gold Weight
early 1900s
Culture
Ashanti
Locale
Africa
Country
Ghana
Object
gold weight
Medium
Brass
Accession Number
1948.601
Credit Line
Native Arts acquisition funds
Ashanti artist, Bird-Shaped Gold Weight, Early 1900s. Brass; 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition funds, 1948.601
Dimensions
height: 1.438 in, 3.6525 cm; length: 1.438 in, 3.6525 cm; height: 1.5 in, 3.8100 cm; width: 1.5 in, 3.8100 cm
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Arts of Africa
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler collection, England, before 1926; Purchase by Pitt Rivers, Oxford, England, in 1926. DAM exchanged with Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England, 1948
