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Ring

20th century

Asante instill meanings in what can seem to be mundane objects: the forms of peanuts, grubs, porcupines, knots and seed pods appear in golden splendor. Proverbs behind the rings suggest the wisdom in the ordinary.

A heart refers to the plain statement: Nya Alcoma, "Take heart."

Gold
1 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (3.3 x 3.2 x 3.8 cm)
Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
81.17.402
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, African Panoplies: Art for Rulers, Traders, Hunters, and Priests, Apr. 21 - Aug. 14, 1988.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Lessons from the Institute of Empathy, Mar. 31, 2018 - ongoing.

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

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