Gold Weight Of 2 Men Talking
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. VETTED BY WILLIAM FAGG FOR HMSG. FAGG DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS MADE FOR EXPORT AFTER 1920. JH PURCHASED FROM D'ARCY GALLERIES OF NEW YORK IN 5/16/59. CAST FROM 1 PIECE, BRASS WEIGHT DEPICTS 2 SEATED MEN FACING EACH OTHER ON A FLAT, RECTANGULAR BASE. BOTH MEN HAVE ROUND HEADS W/ HAIR BRAIDS DETAILS. FACIAL DETAILS. 1 MAN HAS RIGHT ARM STRETCHED FORWARD, LEFT HAND OVER MOUTH, LEGS STRETCHED FORWARD. THE OTHER HAS RIGHT HAND OVER MOUTH, LEFT ARM CURVED TO TOUCH RIGHT SIDE. BASE BOTTOM LABELED "S.59.93."
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVES ACC. 86-136, BOX 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Ghana (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ashanti (Asante) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428187-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weight
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 4.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.1 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1.7 cm