Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu)
1800s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu), 1800s. Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante Empire/ Kingdom, member of the goldsmiths’ guild. Gold; diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.84
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- Gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1952.84
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Imagination of Primitive Man, The Brooklyn Museum (10/18/1954 - 1/2/1955): "Masterpieces of African Art"<br><br>Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (1/18/1962 - 2/25/1962): "The Imagination of Primitive Man"<br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108C Akan & Yoruba
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