id: 130309
accession number: 1952.84
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Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu), 1800s. Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante Empire/ Kingdom, member of the goldsmiths’ guild. Gold; diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.84
title: Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu)
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creation date: 1800s
creation date earliest: 1800
creation date latest: 1899
current location: 108C Akan & Yoruba
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante Empire/ Kingdom, member of the goldsmiths’ guild
technique: Gold
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Jewelry
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measurements: Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Imagination of Primitive Man
opening date: 1962-01-18T05:00:00
The Imagination of Primitive Man. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (organizer) (January 18-February 25, 1962).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Brooklyn Museum (10/18/1954 - 1/2/1955): "Masterpieces of African Art"', 'opening_date': '1954-10-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (1/18/1962 - 2/25/1962): "The Imagination of Primitive Man"', 'opening_date': '1962-01-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage, Ghana
date: ca. 1900
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(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1952
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1952–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Ratton, Charles. « Les bijoux en forme de disque etc. » Special Issue, Présence Africaine : L'Art Nègre 10-11. Paris : Aux Editions du Seuil (1951)
page number: Ill. opp. p. 129, no. 53; text p. 146.
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Jopling, Carol F., ed. Art and Aesthetics in Primitive Societies. NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1971: 66.
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Simms, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006: 32.
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Brooklyn Museum. Masterpieces of African Art. Exhibition Dates: October 21, 1954-January 2, 1955. [Brooklyn]: Brooklyn Museum, 1954.
page number: Mentioned: p. 39
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William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, and Ralph T. Coe. The Imagination of Primitive Man: A Survey of the Arts of the Non-Literate Peoples of the World. Kansas City, Mo: The Museum, 1962.
page number: Mentioned: p. 25, cat. no. 34
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