Ashanti Gold Soul Washer’s Badge akrakonfomu

Ashanti Gold Soul Washer’s Badge - now in the collection of the Musée Dapper, Paris - image 1

Ashanti peoples, Ghana
Cast Gold
18th century
Diameter: 17 cm

Provenance
J.J. Klejman, New York
Jay C.Leff, Uniontown, PA
Alan Brandt, New York

Selected Exhibition History
19 May-3 October 1994, Paris, Musée Dapper, Corps sublimes
7 March-13 July 2003, Paris, Musée Dapper, Ghana: Hier et aujourd'hui/Yesterday and Today
Permanent Collection, Musée Dapper, Paris
[Acc. No. 5258]

Selected Publication History
William Fagg and Margaret Plass, African Sculpture: An anthology, London, 1964, p115
Warren M. Robbins, African Art in American collections, New York, 1966, cat 116
Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, Ed.,Corps Sublimes, Paris, 1994,
pp 76-77
Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, Ed.,Ghana: Hier et aujourd'hui/Yesterday and Today, Paris, 2003, pp 11 & 14

Acquired from Entwistle by
Musée Dapper, Paris