Gold weight, bronze peanut

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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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