Akan
Gold-Dust Weight (Abrammuo)
Akan, 1699
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Akan
Gold-Dust Weight (Abrammuo)
Akan, 1699
Physical Qualities
Brass, 9/16 x 5/16 x 5/16 in. (1.4 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Helen 'Muffie' Lippincott McElhiney, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
1988.1186
Drum
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1988; Helen McElhiney (1920-2014) by purchase in Ghana 1968-1971
Dagan, Esther A., ed., "Drums: the heartbeat of Africa," Montreal (Quebec) Canada: Galerie Amrad African Art Publications, c1993, no 72.
