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Gold Weight:  Fly Whisk
Gold Weight: Fly Whisk

Gold Weight: Fly Whisk

Object number67.149
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Feb. 7 - May 19, 2002. [Exhibition traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Frist Center for Visual Arts, but object not included.] Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Lessons from the Institute of Empathy, Mar. 31, 2018 - ongoing.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ralph W. Nicholson
Dimensions3 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 1/2 in. (9.8 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm)
MediumCast brass (cire perdue)
Gold weight:  sandals
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1185
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1190
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1206
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1241
Gold weight:  geometric
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1252
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1689
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1690
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1691
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1692
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1693
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1694
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1695