Figurative Weight (abrammuo): Bird with Cannons on Wings
Maker
Ghanaian
Label TextThis weight, which features a bird balancing cannons on its wing, conveys the proverb, "The courageous bird Adwetakyi sits on cannons," meaning a brave man faces all odds, he is always ready to face the enemy.
Object number81.17.360
Provenance[Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1961; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981
Exhibition HistoryCleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, July 10 - Sept. 1, 1968 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Oct. 10 - Dec. 1, 1968). Text by William Fagg. Cat. no. 105.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Feb. 7 - May 19, 2002 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 2, 2004 - Jan. 2, 2005; Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, Feb. 12 - June 19, 2005; Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, Oct. 8, 2005 - Jan. 1, 2006; Nashville, Tennessee, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Jan. 27 - Apr. 30, 2006 [as African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back]).Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions2 1/2 x 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 2.3 x 5.7 cm)
MediumCopper alloy
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