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Asante

Container (Forowa)

Asante, 1800-1899

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Asante

Container (Forowa)

Asante, 1800-1899

Physical Qualities Brass, 27 x 15 x 17 cm.
Credit Line Gift of Mona Gavigan, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1999.746
For shea butter, with hinged lid decorated by concentric rings punctuated by repousse dots; center decorated with repousse designs of two sets of elephant and pinwheel, separated by vertical rows of repousee dots; base decorated with repousse triangles and squares with concaved sides, separated by vertical repousse dots; with a clasp on the center section (clasp missing on lid).

Culture

Asante

2000–2000

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