brooch
- Museum number
- 1999,1207.474
- Description
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Gold penannular brooch; round-sectioned rod and the pin was made by hammering and expands sharply to form a flattened swaged loop from which a decorative riser is now missing.
- Dimensions
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Height: 3 centimetres
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Weight: 4.15 grammes
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Thickness: 0.05 centimetres (sheet (circa))
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Thickness: 0.20 centimetres
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Width: 2.10 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2020-2021 Sep-Jul, Washington D.C., National Museum of African Art, Caravans of Gold: Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Trans-Saharan Trade
2019-2020 21 Sep-23 Feb, Toronto, Aga Khan Museum, Caravans of Gold: Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Trans-Saharan Trade
2019 26 Jan-21 Jul, Evanston, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Caravans of Gold: Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Trans-Saharan Trade
- Condition
- Fair; fractures across the surface
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- This assemblage was acquired by the British Museum in 1999 with the assistance of the Art Fund (then National Art Collections Fund), the British Museum Friends and the Brooke Sewell Fund.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1999,1207.474
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1999,1207.27 (duplicate registration number)
