Currency Bar, (Funfungala, Akika)
Date19th - 20th century
Object number2007.194
Photo CreditPhoto by Tom Joyce
Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998Published ReferencesSchadler, Karl-Ferdinand, trans. Geoffrey P. Burwell, Earth and Ore: 2500 Years of African Art in Terra-Cotta and Metal. Eurasburg: Edition Minerva Hermann Famung, 1997 p.327
Joyce, Tom. Life Force at the Anvil: The Blacksmith's Art from Africa. Asheville, North Carolina: Biltmore Press, 1998 p.23
Chesi, Gert and Daphne Schlorhaufer. Afrika, Asien: Kunst und Ritualobjekte. Innsbruck: Haymon, [1997] p. 90
Lohse, Wulf and Huberte Goote. Other People’s Money. Zug, Switzerland: Huberte Goote Gallery, 1995 p. 19Credit LinePartial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn
Dimensions33 x 10 1/4 x 1/2 in. (83.8 x 26 x 1.3 cm)
MediumIron
Object number: 2007.193
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