Replica Weight

Item number K2.95 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Replica gold weight of cast bronze in the form of a mother and child, attached to a wood base. The mother has rounded eyes, upraised brows that extend down into the nose, and a slim mouth, with rings are her neck. She has a conical hat and is sitting down. The child has similar facial features and is feeding from the mother's left breast.

Cultural Context

Reproduction of an Akan/Asante gold weight out of cast bronze.

Narrative

Purchased (along with K2.94, K2.96 and K2.97) as a reproduction, from a Vancouver store that specialized in art reproductions. The label on the base of K2.96 says "Authentic copyrighted reproduction made from the original at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Ill." They were acquired by MOA curator Audrey Hawthorn, who valued the educational potential of items, even if they were reproductions. But as commercially produced 'copyrighted reproductions' the pieces also represent a contemporary coloniality, in that the individual authorship of an Asante artist has been replaced with an American museum as the proprietor of the design.

Item History

Made in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owned by Museum Art before September 1968
Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Museum Art (Seller) during September 1968