Currency Bar, (Funfungala, Akika)

Date19th - 20th century

Culture of Origin Wurkun

Culture of Origin Idoma

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. 19

Credit 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