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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 1/16 × 13/16 × 13/16 in. (2.7 × 2 × 2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.24

Object numberA.2014.18.24

DescriptionA very small bronze opium weight in the shape of a duck standing on hexagonal base, base has three decorative bands.

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