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Akan

Gold-Dust Weight (Abrammuo)

Akan, 1599

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Akan

Gold-Dust Weight (Abrammuo)

Akan, 1599

Physical Qualities Brass, 1 5/16 x 3/4 x 7/8 in. (3.3 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1954.145.31c
3 Birds
(of 31 objects accessioned together, not all exhibited together).
1. The Baltimore Museum of Art, "THE WURTZBURGER COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART," Jan. 12 - Feb. 14, 1954, cat. 31, illus. p. 20-21.

2. School of Advanced Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., "WURTZBURGER COLLECTION," June 21 - August 31, 1954, (10 selected).

3. The Memorial Gallery, Rochester, NY, "AFRICAN SCULPTURE," Oct. 8 - Nov. 7, 1954.

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