Details
| Maker | Akan, African |
|---|---|
| Title |
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| Date | between 19th and 20th century |
| Medium | Gold |
| Dimensions | Overall: 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 × 13/16 inches (6.4 × 4.9 × 2.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, African Art Fund |
| Accession Number | 76.26 |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| On View | African: Fit for a King, Level 1 (see map) |
Provenance
(Alan Brandt, Inc.);
1976-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1976-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA 55 (1976): p. 36, (fig. 25) (ill).
Detroit Collects African Art. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 21-May 29, 1977, no. 56, p. 35 (ill.).
African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 20.
Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Leadership and Status Objects.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1-4 (2017): p. 39 (fig. 2.18).
Detroit Collects African Art. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 21-May 29, 1977, no. 56, p. 35 (ill.).
African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 20.
Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Leadership and Status Objects.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1-4 (2017): p. 39 (fig. 2.18).
