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For more than five centuries, smiths cast weights from wax models. The form and simple dot decoration identify this weight as dating to the 17th to early 18th century . All weights are immensely diverse in form while set to exact measurement standards."}, {"label": "Label Text", "content": "Some weights\u00e2\u0080\u0099 forms were selected just for their beauty or to display the owner\u00e2\u0080\u0099s status. Many, however, evoke Akan proverbs, whose meanings vary with time and place\u00e2\u0080\u0094more than one interpretation can apply. Hence water creatures were popular weights, with their associations of fluidity, flexibility, and movement between worlds."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Cast copper alloy figurative weight.in the form of a flat fish with large dorsal fin and impressed dot pattern."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Mr. and Mrs. Emil J. Arnold, New York, -- to 1975"}, {"label": "Exhibition History", "content": "Currents: Water in African Art, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 2016-ongoing"}, {"label": "Content Statement", "content": "As part of our commitment to accessibility and transparency, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is placing its collection records online. Please note that some records are incomplete (missing image or content descriptions) and others reflect out-of-date language or systems of thought regarding how to engage with and discuss cultural heritage and the specifics of individual artworks. If you see content requiring immediate action, we will do our best to address it in a timely manner. Please email nmafacuratorial@si.edu if you have any questions."}, {"label": "Image Requests", "content": "High resolution digital images are not available for some objects. For publication quality photography and permissions, please contact the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at https://africa.si.edu/research/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/"}], "title": [{"label": "Object Name", "content": "<I>abrammuo</I>"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Sculpture"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "Gift of Mrs. Emil J. 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