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DepartmentAsia

Opium weight

NameWeight

Artist Artist not recorded

DateSecond Half of 19th Century

Place madeMyanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia, Asia

MediumBronze

Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (4.2 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.22

Object numberA.2014.18.22

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Asia

DescriptionA small bronze opium weight in form of a lion standing on slightly octagonal base.

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