Geometric Counterweight
- Culture
- Akan artist
- Date
- 1500–1720
- Material
- Copper alloy
- Classification
- Metalwork, tools & equipment
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 237
- Dimensions
- 3/8 × 11/16 × 9/16 in. (1 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 480:1983
Provenance
by 1974 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] This object arrived to the Museum in 1974 on long-term loan from Morton D. May [SLAM document files].
[2] In a letter dated February 17, 1983, Morton D. May offered this object as a gift to the Museum [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 23, 1983.
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] This object arrived to the Museum in 1974 on long-term loan from Morton D. May [SLAM document files].
[2] In a letter dated February 17, 1983, Morton D. May offered this object as a gift to the Museum [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 23, 1983.
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