Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Dr Alexander Atta Yaw Kyeremanten (1916-76) and donated by Miss Mary Desborough Cra'ster [aka Craister] (1957-1988), Assistant Curator, MAA.
These probably given to Mary Cra'ster when Dr Kyerematen was in Cambridge in early 1970s and was working to turn his 1966 Oxford doctoral thesis into a book. It is unclear if they were intended as a personal gift to her or the museum.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: 'Originally given to donor by Dr A.A.Y. Kyeramteng'
Catalogue card for Z 25274 G reads : '(perhaps 70.18)'
Event Date 13/4/2000
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card notes: 'Akan lost-wax brass casting of a man sacrificing a fowl at a Nyame dua which has a bowl containing 3 eggs in its fork.'
Event Date 13/4/2000
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in the Clarke Gallery, Intro Case, Goldweights Drawer, from May 2012.
Event Date 1/5/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (References)
Illustrated with 1969.17 and 1981.80 in Elliot, M.J. and Thomas, N. eds., 2011. Gifts and Discoveries: The Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge. Scala, pp. 20-21.
Event Date 25/1/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Context (Amendments / updates)
Dr A. A. Y. Kyeramateng is likely to be Dr Alexander Atta Yaw Kyeremanten, founder and first director of Ghana National Cultural Centre, Kumasi, which now bears his name.

Event Date 25/1/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Context (Amendments / updates)
Nyame is the supreme god in Akan cosmology. Nyame dua (meaning 'tree of god') is a site where ritual and sacrifice is performed. The fowl, as a bird, is considered a powerful animal in Akan cosmology because its ability to occupy liminal spaces (land, sky, water).
Event Date 25/1/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie