Gold Weight

2003-58-7

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-58-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Ghana
Section African
Materials Brass
Iconography Scorpion
Description

Gold weight. Small, thin, shaped and designed to be a scorpion. Has ten legs with incised bands over body.

Height 2.2 cm
Length 3.8 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1994.X.9781 - Other Number

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