Katanga Cross Currency / Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Accession Number: 1987/1.277
Title: Katanga Cross Currency
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
Artist Nationality: Congolese
Medium and Support: bronze, sand cast method
Object Creation Date: circa 1925
Object Creation Place: Africa (continent); Congo, Democratic Republic of the (nation)
Creation Place 1: Africa (continent)
Creation Place 2: Congo, Democratic Republic of the (nation)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
Dimensions: 25.1 cm x 17.8 cm (9 7/8 in. x 7 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Sculpture
Primary Object Type: casting
Primary Keywords: african; bronze (metal); crosses (objects)
Secondary Keywords: copper alloy; copper and copper alloy; descriptors; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; metal; metal and metal products; metal by composition or origin; nonferrous metal; object genres; object genres by form; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 800 x 912
File Size: 43 KB
Record: 1987/1.277
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Full citation: "Katanga Cross Currency; Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.277/1987_1.277.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 27, 2025.