Goldweight in a geometric shape / Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.478
- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- 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
- 4.4 cm x 2.4 cm x 0.3 cm (1 3/4 in. x 15/16 in. x 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Primary Object Type
- goldweight
- Physical Description
- Semi-circular goldweight with horizontally incised rays.
- Subject Matter
- Goldweights have long been used and produced by Akan-speaking peoples of what is now Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The oldest and most numerous kind of weights are the abstract ones, made of little blocks of brass, bronze or copper. Circular and semi-circular shapes are fairly common among the abstract weights; they are commonly interpreted as either the sun or the moon and the life-giving powers of either of them.
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 1997/1.478
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.478/1997_1_478.jpg
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"Goldweight in a geometric shape; 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-1.478/1997_1_478.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 01, 2024.
