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DepartmentAsia

Opium weight

NameWeight
Artist Artist unrecorded
DateSecond Half of 19th Century
Place madeMyanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumBronze
Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 15/16 × 1 11/16 in. (6.3 × 5 × 4.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.18
Object numberA.2014.18.18
DescriptionA small bronze opium weight shaped as a chicken standing on a circular base.
Opium weight
Artist unrecorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist unrecorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist unrecorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist unrecorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist unrecorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist unrecorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist unrecorded
Second Half of 19th Century
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Artist unrecorded
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