Goldweight / Artist Unknown, African

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Accession Number: 2010/1.179
Title: Goldweight
Artist: Artist Unknown, African
Artist Nationality: African
Medium and Support: brass
Object Creation Date: 1900-1985
Credit Line: Gift of Doran H. Ross
Dimensions: 4.4 cm x 3.5 cm x 1 cm (1 3/4 in. x 1 3/8 in. x 3/8 in.)
Primary Object Classification: Metalwork
Primary Object Type: goldweight
Physical Description: This small goldweight cast in brass is designed in an abstract pattern. The weight is rounded with a pattern of lines crossing the piece vertically and horizontally to break the surface into a series of squares, with small round balls cut in two placed at the intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines.
Primary Keywords: brass-work
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; goldweights; metalwork; object genres; object genres by material
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3888 x 2592
File Size: 192 KB
Record: 2010/1.179
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.179/2010_1.179.jpg

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Full citation: "Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.179/2010_1.179.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 05, 2024.