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Akan

Gold-Dust Weight (Abrammuo)

Akan, 1699

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Akan

Gold-Dust Weight (Abrammuo)

Akan, 1699

Physical Qualities Copper Alloy, 1 9/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 5/8 in. (4 x 3.7 x 4.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1954.145.31j
(of 31 objects accessioned together, not all exhibited together).

"The Wurztburger Collection of African Art," Jan 12, 1954 - Feb 14, 1954, BMA, cat. 31, illus. p. 20-21.

"Wurtzburger Collection," June 21, 1954 - Aug 31, 1954, (10 selected), School o Advanced Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

"NY, African Sculpture," Oct 8, 1954 - Nov 7, 1954, The Memorial Gallery, Rochester.

African Reinstallation, "The Artist," Apr 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, Kathryn Gunsch.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.124, ill.

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