
Curator’s Choice: Gold Weights from West Africa
ONLINE
The Fowler invites you to a behind-the-scenes look at the ongoing research and conservation of gold weights from West Africa, currently on view in Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts. Hear from staff about the collection’s care and storage in situ; then follow several objects to the lab where staff will discuss their investigations and findings. This program will include pre-recorded elements as well as a live discussion.
Curator’s Choice
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Image credit: All objects: Unidentified artist (Akan, Ghana), weights for measuring gold, early 20th century, copper alloy (some with lead fill or repairs); Fowler Museum at UCLA, Gift of the Wellcome Trust. Left to right: X65.9711, X65.9731, X65.9731, X65.9549, X65.9298, X65.9558.