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Asante

Warrior’s Tunic

Asante, 1900

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Asante

Warrior’s Tunic

Asante, 1900

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
"Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine: African Art in the Wilderness." New York: Center for African Art, 1989 (venues: Center for African Art, Block Gallery Northwestern U., Lowe Art Museum Univ. of Miami, FL, Columbus Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, MA)
E. Schildkrout, ed. "Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine: African Art in the Wilderness." New York: Center for African Art, 1989: p. 91; cat. no. 19

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