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Date20th century
Object number81.17.420
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].
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
DimensionsL.: 13/16 in. Diam.: 3/8 in.
MediumGold
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1751
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1765
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1773
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1778
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1779
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1780
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1752
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1777
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1787
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1782
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1745
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1746