Figurative Counterweight
- Culture
- Akan artist
- Date
- early 19th century
- Material
- Copper alloy
- Classification
- Metalwork, sculpture
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 9/16 in. (1.6 × 6 × 1.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Novack
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 49:1957
Provenance
- 1957
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Novack, St. Louis, MO, USA
1957 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Novack [1]
Notes:
[1] A letter dated November 25, 1957 from Charles Nagel, director of the City Art Museum, to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Novack acknowledges the gift of this object as part of a larger donation [Director's Office, Donor Correspondence, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control and the Advisory Committee of the City Art Museum, November 7, 1957.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Novack, St. Louis, MO, USA
1957 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Novack [1]
Notes:
[1] A letter dated November 25, 1957 from Charles Nagel, director of the City Art Museum, to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Novack acknowledges the gift of this object as part of a larger donation [Director's Office, Donor Correspondence, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control and the Advisory Committee of the City Art Museum, November 7, 1957.
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