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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.

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