Goldweight with a geometric pattern / Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.427
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Akan (historical region)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Akan (historical region)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
- Dimensions
- 2 cm x 1.3 cm x 0.9 cm (13/16 in. x 1/2 in. x 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Primary Object Type
- goldweight
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base bearing a geometric pattern of four shorter bars, attached to a longer bar on top.
- Subject Matter
- This solid weight shows an example of the graphic motifs that are represented on Akan goldweights as well as on many other objects used and produced by the Akan speaking peoples of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The graphic signs shown on this example might amount to a veritable writing system, although the precise meanings of individual signs remain largely obscure.
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 138 KB
- Record
- 1997/1.427
- Link to this Item
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"Goldweight with a geometric pattern; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.427/1997_1.427.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
