Gold-weight (abrammuo): geometric
Arts of Africa
CULTURE
Akan
MEDIUM
Brass
DATES
19th–20th century
DIMENSIONS
1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/8in. (3.2 x 2.9 x 1cm)
mount: 2 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (7 × 3.5 × 4.1 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of Africa
ACCESSION NUMBER
88.192.117
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1981, provenance not yet documented; between 1961 and 1981, acquired by Franklin Hall Williams and Shirley Broyard Williams of New York, NY; 1988, gift of Franklin Hall Williams and Shirley Broyard Williams to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Symmetrical design. Bar across top and bottom. Also bar up and down each side, these with dents (nine on each end) extending to edges. In the center, two pairs of "ram's horns" that curve inward from one view and oppose each other from the other. Deeply gouged design, large conical gouge on underside. Heavy greenish-black mottling all over, except one corner where someone has filed down to the brass.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Akan. Gold-weight (abrammuo): geometric, 19th–20th century. Brass, 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/8in. (3.2 x 2.9 x 1cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.117. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.117_PS6.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 88.192.117_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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