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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 3/8 × 1 × 1 1/8 in. (3.5 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.23

Object numberA.2014.18.23

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Asia

DescriptionA bronze opium weight in the form of a lion standing on slightly octangonal base, front of base has a rectangular indent.

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