gold-weight
- Museum number
- Af1951,15.3
- Description
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Lost wax cast figurative gold-weight, in brass, in the form of a flat-fish. The body, fins and tail of the fish are decorated with a mixture of coils and lines.
- Production date
- 18thC-20thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 0.20 centimetres
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Length: 6 centimetres
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Weight: 32.82 grammes
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Width: 5.30 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair, there is verdigris and discolouration on the underside.
- Acquisition date
- 1951
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1951:
1- recently purchased.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1951,15.3