POZIVAMO VAS NA SVEČANO OTVARANJE IZLOŽBE

TEGOVI ZA MERENJE ZLATNOG PRAHA NARODA AKAN

SREDA 16. FEBRUAR 2011. GODINE, U 19 ČASOVA
MUZEJ AFRIČKE UMETNOSTI, ANDRE NIKOLIĆA 14

Izložbu će otvoriti:
Njegova Ekselencija g. Semjuel Valis Akjanu, ambasador Republike Gane u Beogradu.

Autor izložbe i kataloga: Marija Ličina, kustos

*DRESS CODE: CREATIVE & GOLD
Prilika za sve goste da stave svoju zlatnu kravatu, periku, odelo... ili neki detalj.

Na izložbi će biti prikazano više od 500 tegova iz zbirke Muzeja afričke umetnosti, preko 200 tegova iz zbirke Slovenskog etnografskog muzeja u Ljubljani, primeri iz privatnih kolekcija, kao i vage, kutije i kašike za zlatni prah.

Tegovi za merenje zlatnog praha naroda Akan jedinstveni su u svetu po svojim oblicima - predstavljaju ljude (ratnike, vračeve, lovce...), životinje (ptice,krokodili, antilope...), biljke (kikiriki, cvetove palmi, patlidžane...), predmete (bubnjeve, sandale, topove...), i brojne druge figurativne i geometrijske motive.

Koliko privlače svojim oblicima, kao umetničke forme u bronzi, dimenzija od tek nekoliko santimentara, akanski tegovi jednako su značajni kao svedočanstva o prirodnom bogatstvu zlata u Zapadnoj Africi. Njima je meren zlatni prah, koji je imao ulogu novca u Gani i Obali Slonovače kod naroda Akan od 15. sve do kraja 19. veka, u svakodnevnim aktivnostima - na tržnicama, u kraljevskim trezorima zlata i za naplate državnih taksi i poreza.

MUZEJ AFRIČKE UMETNOSTI

Adresa: Andre Nikolića 14, 11000 Beograd, Srbija

Tel: + 381 11 2651 654

Tel/fax: + 381 11 2651 269

e-mail: africanmuseum@gmail.com

WE ARE INVITING YOU TO THE EXHIBITION OPENING

AKAN GOLDWEIGHTS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, AT 7 P.M.
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, ANDRE NIKOLICA 14

The exhibition will be opened by:
H.E. Samuel Valis-Akyianu, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana in Belgrade

Exhibition and catalogue by: Marija Ličina, curator

*DRESS CODE: CREATIVE & GOLD
An occasion for all the visitors to put on their gold ties, headdresses, suits ... or some detail in the colour of gold.

The exhibition showcases more that 500 goldweights from the collection of the Museum of African art, over 200 goldweights from the collection of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana and examples from private collections along with the scales, boxes and spoons for gold dust.

Akan goldweights are quite unique in the world for their forms  - they depict humans (warriors, medicine-men, hunters…), animals (birds, crocodiles, anthelopes…), flora (peanuts, oil palm flowers, calabashes…), artefacts (drums, sandals, cannons…) and numerous other firgurative and geometric motifs.

So distinquished by their shape, like art forms cast in bronze, only few centimeters in size, the goldweights of the Akans are as significant testimonies of the rich gold deposits of West Africa. They were used for mesuring gold dust, which was circulating as currency in Ghana and Ivory Coast among the Akans from the 15th until the end of the 19th century, in everyday activities – in markets, royal treasuries, and for payments of state taxes and tolls.

MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART

Adress: Andre Nikolića 14, 11000 Beograd, Srbija

Tel: + 381 11 2651 654

Tel/fax: + 381 11 2651 269

e-mail: africanmuseum@gmail.com