Akan. <em>Sword Ornament in the Form of a Crocodile</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (14 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.164. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.224.164_bw.jpg)

Sword Ornament in the Form of a Crocodile

Artist:Akan

Medium: Copper alloy

Geograhical Locations:

Ghana

Dates:late 19th or early 20th century

Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (14 x 6.4 cm)

Collections:

Arts of Africa

Exhibitions:

Passages: Photographs in Africa by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher

Accession Number: 86.224.164

Image: 86.224.164_bw.jpg,

Brooklyn Museum