Untitled work
School : Ghana
Description
Cuivre ou laiton, fondu à la cire perdue ; Poids en forme de poisson. Il s'agit d'un poids utilisé pour peser la poudre d'or. En Afrique noire l'or était l'apanage des nobles et se concentrait dans les mains des souverains. Au Ghana et au sud de la Côte d'Ivoire, il était pesé à l'aide de poids de métal de formes et de décors très variés, dont certains expriment des proverbes et des devises. Ces poids faisaient partie, comme les boîtes pour conserver la poudre d'or, les balances et les petites cuillères, du ' trésor ' des familles nobles. Ghana, Ashanti. (Notice de Francine N'Diaye extraite de l'ouvrage 'musée des beaux-arts de Dijon : Donation Granville : les objets', Ville de Dijon, 1976, publié sous la direction de Claude Rolley)
Subject depicted
représentation animalière (poisson)
About this work
The artwork titled "This artwork", attributed to Ashanti (population), is preserved at musée des beaux-arts. This piece is listed in the Joconde database of the Ministry of Culture, which catalogues the works held in French museums.
Technique and Materials
This work belongs to the field: Afrique, métrologie - instruments de mesure, ethnologie. It was created using the following materials and techniques: cuivre, laiton, fonte à la cire perdue.
The Conserving Museum
"This artwork" is preserved at musée des beaux-arts, an institution bearing the « Musée de France » label. This label ensures that the collections are managed rigorously in terms of conservation, inventory, and public accessibility.
Data sources
The information about this work comes from the Joconde database of the Ministry of Culture, published on data.culture.gouv.fr under the Open License v2.0 (Etalab).
About this artwork
La technique employée est : cuivre, laiton, fonte à la cire perdue. Dimensions : Dimensions Hauteur : 8.5 cm ; Largeur : 6.5 cm. Le thème de l'oeuvre est : représentation animalière (poisson).
Creation context
est le produit de la rencontre entre le talent de Ashanti (population) et les aspirations de la . Abritée au musée des beaux-arts, cette œuvre cristallise les questionnements artistiques propres à une époque qui voit naître de nouvelles formes d'expression et de nouveaux rapports à la création.
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