Dusasa I
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Dusasa I is a monumental shimmering wall sculpture composed of thousands of recycled bottle caps and metal fragments, exemplifying El Anatsui’s signature transformation of discarded materials into intricate, tapestry-like artworks.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4745664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dusasa I Context triple: [El Anatsui, notableWork, Dusasa I]
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A.
Garki I
Garki I is an administrative district within the Garki area of Abuja, Nigeria.
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B.
Sheko
Sheko is an Omotic language spoken primarily in southwestern Ethiopia by the Sheko people.
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C.
Kabaka
Kabaka is the traditional monarch and cultural leader of the Buganda people in present-day Uganda.
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D.
Kabaka Yekka
Kabaka Yekka was a monarchist political party in early post-independence Uganda that primarily represented the interests of the Buganda kingdom and its traditional institutions.
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E.
Ezana of Aksum
Ezana of Aksum was a 4th-century king of the Aksumite Empire renowned as one of the first African rulers to adopt Christianity and promote it as a state religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dusasa I Target entity description: Dusasa I is a monumental shimmering wall sculpture composed of thousands of recycled bottle caps and metal fragments, exemplifying El Anatsui’s signature transformation of discarded materials into intricate, tapestry-like artworks.
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A.
Garki I
Garki I is an administrative district within the Garki area of Abuja, Nigeria.
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B.
Sheko
Sheko is an Omotic language spoken primarily in southwestern Ethiopia by the Sheko people.
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C.
Kabaka
Kabaka is the traditional monarch and cultural leader of the Buganda people in present-day Uganda.
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D.
Kabaka Yekka
Kabaka Yekka was a monarchist political party in early post-independence Uganda that primarily represented the interests of the Buganda kingdom and its traditional institutions.
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E.
Ezana of Aksum
Ezana of Aksum was a 4th-century king of the Aksumite Empire renowned as one of the first African rulers to adopt Christianity and promote it as a state religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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metal tapestry ⓘ wall sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm |
installation art
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sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Ghana ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
El Anatsui’s bottle-cap series
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linked to:
Anatsui
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| belongsToSeries | Dusasa series ⓘ |
| colorCharacteristic | shimmering ⓘ |
| conceptualFocus |
colonial and postcolonial histories
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cultural interconnectedness ⓘ value of discarded materials ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria ⓘ |
| creator | El Anatsui ⓘ |
| culturalContext | West African art ⓘ |
| depicts | abstract composition ⓘ |
| displayType | wall-hung sculpture ⓘ |
| edgeTreatment | irregular, draped edges ⓘ |
| exhibitionContext |
international art shows
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museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasDimension | large-scale ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
kente cloth aesthetics
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traditional Ghanaian textiles ⓘ |
| lightingEffect | reflective, shimmering surface ⓘ |
| madeFromWaste | yes ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
metal fragments
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recycled bottle caps ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary African art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between sculpture and textile
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labor-intensive hand construction ⓘ use of thousands of small metal units ⓘ |
| productionMethod | manual assembly of metal pieces ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Dusasa II
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linked to:
Dusasa I
Dusasa III ⓘ |
| requires | wall support for display ⓘ |
| surfaceQuality |
flexible metal surface
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textile-like appearance ⓘ |
| technique |
assemblage
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weaving of metal elements ⓘ wire stitching ⓘ |
| theme |
global consumerism
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history and memory ⓘ recycling and reuse ⓘ transformation of discarded materials ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
monumental scale
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tapestry-like ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dusasa I Description of subject: Dusasa I is a monumental shimmering wall sculpture composed of thousands of recycled bottle caps and metal fragments, exemplifying El Anatsui’s signature transformation of discarded materials into intricate, tapestry-like artworks.
Referenced by (4)
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