Figurative Weight (abrammuo): Deer
Maker
Ghanaian
Label TextA deer with long horns expresses the proverb "It is always too late to say 'had I known'," and relates to a story summarized by Daniel Koo Nimo Amponsah (2001): "A deer had long protruding horns but decided that they were making life inconvenient, so he asked friends to push them-unfortunately, it was too much, so he lost his power. 'Had I known' always comes at last."
Object number81.17.396
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, 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]). Text by Pamela McClusky. No cat. no., pp. 82-83, reproduced pl. 49.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Lessons from the Institute of Empathy, Mar. 31, 2018 - ongoing.
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions1 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 11/16 in. (3.5 x 7.5 x 1.8 cm)
MediumCast brass (cire perdue)
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