Figure of a Warrior

Asante

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Caption

Asante. Figure of a Warrior, late 19th–early 20th century. Bronze, 3 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (8.9 × 3.2 × 3.5 cm) mount: 5 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (12.7 × 8.9 × 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Merton D. Simpson to the Jennie Simpson Educational Collection of African Art, 70.73.5. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Asante

Title

Figure of a Warrior

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Ashanti Region, Ghana

Medium

Bronze

Classification

Weights/Measures

Dimensions

3 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (8.9 × 3.2 × 3.5 cm) mount: 5 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (12.7 × 8.9 × 3.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Merton D. Simpson to the Jennie Simpson Educational Collection of African Art

Accession Number

70.73.5

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