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Bird in a Magic Knot: Clock Bird Gold Weight (Sankasfa)

Bird in a Magic Knot: Clock Bird Gold Weight (Sankasfa)

Cast brass (cire perdue)
1 1/8 x 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (2.8 x 1.2 x 3.5 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
51.235
Provenance: Purchased from Altman Antiques; Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 1951
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Feb. 7 - May 19, 2002. [Exhibition traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Frist Center for Visual Arts, but object not included.]

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