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Bead

Bead

20th century

Gold
L.: 13/16 in.
Diam.: 3/8 in.
Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
81.17.420
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.
Published ReferencesMcClusky, Pamela. Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back. Exh. Cat. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, in association with Princeton University Press, 2002; pp. 109, 111, reproduced pl. 65 [not in exhibition].

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