Armlet

19th century

Cast copper alloy (cire perdue)

5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)

Diam.: 3 3/4 in.

Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

81.17.503

Provenance: [Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1954; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryCleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, July 10 - Sept. 1, 1968 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Oct. 10 - Dec. 1, 1968). Text by William Fagg. Cat. no. 148 (as Cuff Armlet).

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