Weight Akan Round

Akan · West Africa

Reference: PGM-61

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Height
8.50 cm
Material
African Bronze

It weighs round akan with a linear blur on its surface formed by two perpendicular stripes that cross from norta to south and from east to…

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Full original description

It weighs round akan with a linear blur on its surface formed by two perpendicular stripes that cross from norta to south and from east to west. And lines to read to each stripe segment. There is an analogous drawing in a square weight of the Museum of Aquitaine. It has a weight of 40 grams.

Further technical information
Width
3.10 cm
Attributed period
Century XVII a XIX

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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West Africa. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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