Gold weight: shield

"When the parts of the shield are torn to threads, the frame remains. When a man passes on, what he says remains to pass on to posterity." (Daniel "Koo Nimo" Amponsah, 2001)

Cast brass (cire perdue)

2 11/16 x 1 13/16 x 5/8 in. (6.8 x 4.6 x 1.6 cm)

Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

81.17.370

Provenance: [Bernheimer's Antique Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts]; purchased by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1966; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981

Photo: Paul Macapia

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.] Text by Pamela McClusky. No cat. no., pp. 82, 84, reproduced pl. 50 (as Figurative weight (abrammuo): Shield, copper alloy).

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