Asante
Warrior’s Tunic
Asante, 1900-1999
Scroll
Asante
Warrior’s Tunic
Asante, 1900-1999
Physical Qualities
Cloth, red thread, leather, fur, reptile skin, fiber, 27 x 33 1/2 in. (68.6 x 85.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Mary Cumming, Baltimore
Object Number
2010.69
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Dr. and Mrs. Robert Cumming, Baltimore, MD, by purchase, c. 1996; Eric D. Robertson
E. Schildkrout, ed. "Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine: African Art in the Wilderness." New York: Center for African Art, 1989: p. 91; cat. no. 19
P. McClusky. "Heroes Go Solitary Walking: Hunters' Shirts." In Long Steps Never Broke a Back (Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2002): p. 62-77.
P. McNaughton. "The Shirts that Mande Hunters Wear," African Arts 15, no. 3 (May 1982): p. 54-58+91
E. Schildkrout, ed. Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine: African Art in the Wilderness (New York: Center for African Art, 1989).
P. McNaughton. "The Shirts that Mande Hunters Wear," African Arts 15, no. 3 (May 1982): p. 54-58+91
E. Schildkrout, ed. Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine: African Art in the Wilderness (New York: Center for African Art, 1989).
