gold-weight
- Museum number
- Af1954,23.2195
- Description
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Gold- weight made of cast brass in the form of two connected crocodiles.
- Production date
- 18thC-20thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 0.30 centimetres
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Weight: 25.64 grammes
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Thickness: 0.30 centimetres
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Width: 4.20 centimetres
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Depth: 5.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1954
Another [gold weight] similar [to Af1954,23.2194] without decoration.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2015-2016 21 Sept-04 Jan, Paris, Musee du Louvre, A Brief History of the Future
- Condition
- Fair, one crocodile is missing a leg.
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,23.2195
- Additional IDs
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Ex-collection number: 14825 (Wellcome Collection Number)