About the Artwork
Weighing Scale
19th century
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European
Unknown
Brass
Overall: 7 × 8 inches (17.8 × 20.3 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Museum Purchase, Edna Burian Skelton Fund
2013.60
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Mahamadou Sumareh, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
2013-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Quarcoopome, Nii. “The Akan Gold Weights Collection at the DIA.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 24 (fig. 1.21).
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European, Weighing Scale, 19th century, brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Edna Burian Skelton Fund, 2013.60.
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