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Gold weight: bird and snake

Maker Akan

Object number81.17.356

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions1 x 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (2.5 x 1.9 x 3.8 cm)

MediumCast brass (cire perdue)

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