Coiled ladder gold weight with 3 bars/rungs on interior, 17th or 19th century

  • Akan, African

Brass

  • Overall: 1 3/4 × 7/8 × 1/8 inches (4.4 × 2.2 × 0.3 cm)

Gift of Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero in memory of Catherine Baker Mayhew

2014.659

Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero (New York, New York, USA)

2014-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Akan, African, Coiled ladder gold weight with 3 bars/rungs on interior, 17th or 19th century, brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Douglas H. Mayhew and Roberto J. Caballero in memory of Catherine Baker Mayhew, 2014.659.