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).