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    Spoon

    • Culture: Asante
    • Medium: Brass
    • Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 5 in. (3.5 x 12.7 cm)  (show scale)
    • Collections:Arts of Africa
    • Museum Location: This item is not on view
    • Accession Number: 74.218.1
    • Credit Line: The Franklin H. Williams Collection of Ashanti Brass Weights and Accessory Objects for Weighing Gold, Gift of Mrs. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams
    • Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
    • Caption: Asante. Spoon. Brass, 1 3/8 x 5 in. (3.5 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Franklin H. Williams Collection of Ashanti Brass Weights and Accessory Objects for Weighing Gold, Gift of Mrs. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 74.218.1. Creative Commons-BY
    • Image: front, 74.218.1_front_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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