Goldweight / Artist Unknown, African
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Record Details
- 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
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 192 KB
- Record
- 2010/1.179
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.179/2010_1.179.jpg
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"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.