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African Goldweights Miniature Sculptures from Ghana 1400-1900

Tom Phillips

The artist Tom Phillips presents his collection of Akan goldweights, the small brass figures and geometric forms once used to weigh gold dust. Hundreds of objects, made between 1400 and 1900, are photographed and grouped by theme. The work also invites readers to consider how images shape memory, identity and the ways people are represented.

Shelf mark

SHL-034

Year

2010

Language

English

Copies

1

Location
Reading Room