Akan
Gold-Dust Weight (Abrammuo)
Akan, 1699-1899
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Akan
Gold-Dust Weight (Abrammuo)
Akan, 1699-1899
Physical Qualities
Brass, 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1 9/16 in. (1.3 x 2.8 x 3.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Helen 'Muffie' Lippincott McElhiney, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
1988.1226
Shield
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1988; Helen McElhiney (1920-2014) by purchase in Ghana 1968-1971
De Kolb, Eric, "Ashanti Goldweights," New York: Gallery d'Hautbarr, 1968, nos 21, 190-192.
Garrard, Timothy, "Akan Weights and the Gold Trade," London: Longman, 1980, no 56.
Menzel, Brigitte, "Goldgewichte aus Ghana," Berlin: (Staatliche Museen) Museum fur Volkerkunde, 1968, nos 1048-1067.
Plass, Margaret Webster, "African Miniatures:The Goldweights of the Ashanti," London: Lund Humphries, 1967, nos 109-111, 139.
Garrard, Timothy, "Akan Weights and the Gold Trade," London: Longman, 1980, no 56.
Menzel, Brigitte, "Goldgewichte aus Ghana," Berlin: (Staatliche Museen) Museum fur Volkerkunde, 1968, nos 1048-1067.
Plass, Margaret Webster, "African Miniatures:The Goldweights of the Ashanti," London: Lund Humphries, 1967, nos 109-111, 139.
