Five Spoons for Weighing Gold

CultureAkan peoples

Titles

Five Spoons for Weighing Gold

Date1800–1900

PlaceGhana, Africa

MediumBrass

DimensionsEach: 3 3/4 × 13/16 × 7/8 in. (9.5 × 2 × 2.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1514.1-.5

Non exposé

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS & WEIGHTS

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
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