- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Copper alloy weight for weighing gold, representing a beetle. [MJD 27/06/2011]
- Cultural groups
- Asante
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1896
- Date collected
- 1896
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1949
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Lost Wax Cast
- Dimensions
- Length: max 46 mm, Width: max 11 mm, Weight 8 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1949.7.15.54
Search terms: Measurement, Figure, Gold Weight, Insect Figure
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