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Opium weight

Artist Artist unrecorded
DateSecond Half of 19th Century
Place madeMyanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumBronze
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (4.2 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.19
Object numberA.2014.18.19
DescriptionA smaller bronze opium weight in the shape of a chicken standing on circular base.
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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
Opium scale
Artist unrecorded
Second Half of 19th Century
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Artist unrecorded
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Inkwell
Artist unrecorded
Mid 19th-Mid 20th Century