gold-weight
- Museum number
- Af1961,16.38
- Description
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Lost wax cast geometric gold-weight, in brass, in the form of a rectangular-shaped base decorated with a raised and indented rectangular panel with two raised notched squares seperated by two raised parallel lines. The recesses have been filled with grey coloured metal (possibly solder) in order to adjust the weight.
- Production date
- 1700-1961
- Dimensions
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Height: 0.80 centimetres
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Weight: 52.748 grammes
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Width: 3.50 centimetres
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Depth: 2.30 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1961
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1961,16.38