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Gold weight, bronze peanut
Gold weight, bronze peanut
Object Number 2006.32.9
Display Title Gold weight, bronze peanut
Descriptions
Object Description Gold weight, bronze peanut, attached to wooden base
Inventory Description Gold weight, bronze cast in shape of peanut, attached to wood base
Classification
  • Casting
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Materials Bronze, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm (1 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Harvard University Art Museums
Provenance
Collector Benjamin Hertzberg
Collector Lilian Hertzberg
Donor Harvard University Art Museums (10/11/06)

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