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Original Language TitleAkrafokonmu
CultureAkan peoples, Asante subgroup
Date19th century
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/8 inches (12.38 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of Delores De Wilde Bina and Robert F. Bina, in honor of Barbara G. Head
Object number2013.48.2
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L9
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DescriptionThis object is made entirely of gold leaf and by the repousée technique, which involves placing the sheet of thin gold leaf over a decorated wooden or metal template and hammering it to get the imprint of the design on the template.Exhibition HistoryGold in der Kunst Westafrikas, Helvetisches Goldmuseum, Burgdorf, Switzerland, October 18, 2009-April 18, 2010; Galerie Walu, Zürich, May 22-June 26, 2010.
Alhaji Musah Ali, Obuasi town, Ghana, 1992 [1];
Purchased from Alhaji Musah Ali by the dealer Bangally Jangana, New York, NY [2];
With Galerie Walu, Zürich, Switzerland, by 2009-2013;
Purchased from Galerie Walu, through the generosity of Delores De Wilde Bina and Robert F. Bina, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
NOTES:
[1] According to accession documents in NAMA curatorial files.
[2] Ibid.
Jean and Jane David, et al, Gold in der Kunst Westafrikas, exh. cat. (Burgdorf: Helvetisches Goldmuseum and Zürich: Galerie Walu, 2009), 26, (repro.).
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