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Date20th century
Object number81.17.426
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, The Arts of Ghana, Oct. 11 - Dec. 11, 1977 (Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, Feb. 11 - Mar. 26, 1978; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, May 3 - July 2, 1978). Seattle, 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 of Africa." In Selected Works, pp. 35-52. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1991; p. 42, reproduced.
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions5 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (13.3 x 16.5 cm)
MediumGold beads, leather, bone, and amber
Necklace
Malian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.58
Necklace
Unknown artist
Object number: 81.17.60
Unknown artist
Object number: 81.17.1586
Unknown artist
Object number: 81.17.1590
Unknown artist
Object number: 81.17.1593
Unknown artist
Object number: 81.17.1661
Pokot
Object number: 81.17.1045
Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.427
Photo: Paul Macapia
Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.428
Turkana
20th century
Object number: 81.17.1150
Necklace
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.1368
Necklace
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.447