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Object Number
2006.32.8
Display Title
Gold weight chicken
Descriptions
Object Description
Gold weight chicken
Inventory Description
Gold weight, cast in shape of chicken on quadrilateral base
Classification
- Casting
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ghana
Materials
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1 3/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Harvard University Art Museums
Provenance
Collector
Lilian Hertzberg
Collector
Benjamin Hertzberg
Donor
Harvard University Art Museums
(10/11/06)
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