Box To Hold Precious Items

Akan

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Caption

Akan. Box To Hold Precious Items, 19th century. Copper alloy, 1 3/16 × 3 5/8 in. (3 × 9.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.11a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Akan

Title

Box To Hold Precious Items

Date

19th century

Geography

Place used: Ghana

Medium

Copper alloy

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

1 3/16 × 3 5/8 in. (3 × 9.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Shirley B. Williams

Accession Number

1990.221.11a-b

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