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Coffin representing a rock lobster with five pairs of jointed limbs, two long antennae, which are hinged, and two paired feelers on top. It is painted a green color with six white and black stripes around the body, orange and white paint at sides, and light-purple painted anntenae. The upper body is covered in spines and has a rough texture.

%C2%A91993 Sowah Kwei

Fantasy coffin, 1993

Sowah Kwei

G250

Chief's chair, 19th century

Asante

G250

base of drum is three-dimensional sculpture of a nude woman seated on a low chair with a ladder back, with her hair in three braids, holding drum body on her head and with her PL hand; PR index finger on PR cheek; body of drum is rounded at bottom with incised geometric bands and two human figures at front; skin head stretched with strings on wooden pegs; white, green and black pigments

Drum, about 1950

Akan

G254

comb topped with triangular head with scarifications below eyes; stylized shoulders and breasts

Comb, 20th century

Akan

G254

Two cylinders joined by rope loops

Goldweight [Linked Knots], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Four legged animal with a flat football shaped body. Two spiral antlers that come together at the ends. Attached to wooden base.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Pair of sandals with dogbone-shaped soles; two straps creating X over each sole; round element in center of each X

Goldweight [Pair of Sandals], 19th-20th century

Akan

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Three balls at top of seat back

Goldweight [Chair], 19th-20th century

Akan

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Small beetle with head and body. Head is pointed. No legs

Goldweight [Beetle], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Three legged animal with round body, long neck and slim head. Ring under chin and short, down-turned tail.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Brass seated figure with rectangular object in-between the knees, with hands on each side of object;

Goldweight [Seated Figure with an Implement Between the Knees], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Head bent to back; ball in mouth

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Three feathers on head, three rings at bottom of serpentine neck

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Four legged animal with applied "wire wrapping" around body and horns. Triangular shape at base of head and horns. Long, slightly upturned tail.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Tortoise with rounded oval shape body; flat head; legs made of two pieces of bent wires

Goldweight [Tortoise], 19th-20th century

Akan

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Four legged animal with legs slightly curled as if walking. Tail looks like a fifth leg. Short spiral horns that curve slightly.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

Akan

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Rectangular shield with two snakehead-like protrusions, top and bottom edges on short sides; applied vertical band between snakeheads with incised V's; applied decoration in two outer panels; handle on back is two C-shapes at right angles

Goldweight [Shield], 19th-20th century

Akan

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woven strips sewn together in roughly checkered design; blue and white striped rectangles with geometric and figural designs alternating with green, red, yellow, grey and pink woven rectangles

Man's cloth, 19th-20th century

Ewe

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woven strips sewn together in roughly checkered design; blue, red and white striped rectangles and bands with geometric, bird and floral-like designs alternating with multicolored pattern and solid rectangles in mainly pastel designs; striped borders on long sides

Man's cloth, 19th-20th century

Ewe

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strips of striped fabric sewn together; multicolored embroidered bands and designs. Textile - Woven Fabric.

Man's cloth, c. 1940

Ewe

Not on View
22 panels of multicolored striped squares

Body wrap, 20th century

Ewe

Not on View
20 strips joined together; each strip has lengthwise stripes in yellow, green, purple, red and red/black; multicolored, crosswise stripes alternate with sections of lengthwise stripes; occasional geometric patterns in crosswise sections

Wrap, 20th century

Ewe

Not on View
alternating stripes with numerous geometric designs and solid color navy blue blocks

Man's cloth, early 20th century

Asante

Not on View
twenty-four strips sewn together; maroon, green, yellow and black stripes of various configurations and geometric shapes

Man's cloth, 20th century

Asante or Akan

Not on View
twenty-four strips sewn together; ground fabric is blue with white stripes; overall stepped diamond design in red and yellow; red, yellow and white geometric borders

Man's cloth, 20th century

Asante or Akan

Not on View
green ground with indigo-white varigated stripes; symbols randomly placed throughout; purple stripes at edges of strips; 22 strips sewn together

Man's cloth, 20th century

Anlo Ewe

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green ground with gold and burgundy zigzags; gold and burgundy nnwotoa blocks; 21 strips sewn together

Man's cloth, 20th century

Asante or Akan

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large panel with two selvedges and two hemmed edges (hemmed in red and white machine stitches); lavender fabric separated into blocks with strips of appliqued black cloth; stamped designs on each block in brown--X's, suns shapes, leaves, swirls, circles, etc.

Man's mourning wrapper, 20th century

Asante

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comb carved to have head of woman wearing a headdress, which meets at point with top scooped away; there is a hollow space in the middle; head is upside down triangle; nose and eyebrows are connected, forming a palm-tree-like shape; eyes are lopsided circles that are divided in two; mouth is simple indentation; left cheek has a series of dots that form square, the right cheek has a slanted pointed ellipse; ears are flat and stick out from the side of the head; neck is long and thin with rings carved into it and a rosary hanging from it; from the neck down is the comb; top is square, with small scoops taken out of each side; figure has small, raised breasts; flat square is sectioned into a square grid pattern; every other square has an "X" through it; square separates at the bottom into the thick teeth of the comb; head is a dark, black wood, while the bottom is a light honey-colored wood

Comb, c. 1900

Asante

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brass spoon with tapered rectangle handle; two lines run vertically down edges of handle, one on each side; handle is sectioned off into five rectangles, each has a pattern that alternates rectangle to rectangle--first pattern is series of curved indentations and second pattern is a series of triangles; after rectangles is a series of half circle indentations running down the edges of the handle, which tapers to a plain bowl; in center of bowl on reverse is a black symbol that resembles a joined "c" and a "g"

Spoon, 20th century

Asante

Not on View
large panel with green, yellow, maroon and blue linear designs alternating directions; two ends of panel are fringed

Kente cloth, Date Unknown

Ashanti

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white cloth with thin, dark blue strips; dark blue woven rectangles overlap; twenty strips of fabric stitched together to form panel

Panel, 20th century

Ewe

Not on View
yellow, blue and red striped panel with approximately 3" x 5" woven cotton rectangle patches with red, green, purple and gray stripes; two end are hemmed forming a seam

Kente cloth, 1900-1999

Ewe

Not on View

Goldweight [Stool], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Four-legged base

Goldweight [Cannon], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Stylized scorpion, body is flat, legs are curled, and tail hooks upwards

Goldweight [Scorpion], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Two loops next to each other with six clustered bands attaching them

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Stool with curved seat; front and back panels with four vertical bars; edge bars scalloped on outside sides; rectangular base with square hole in center

Goldweight [Stool], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Long-necked bird with half circle shaped wings sitting on five-stepped rectangular platform

Goldweight [Long-Necked Bird], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Tow joined loops; short cylinder at end of each

Goldweight [Linked Knots], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Bean spiraled around itself, coil of metal around bean opposite overlap

Goldweight [Coiled Bean], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Diamond shaped bases

Goldweight [Two Crossed Crocodiles], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Two four legged animals that are joined by the head and rear leg to make a "L" shape.

Goldweight [Two Quadrupeds - Dog and Goat?], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Four flat sides protruding from center; stem at bottom

Goldweight [Two Seed Pods], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View

Goldweight [Bird's Foot], 19th-20th century

Akan

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round flat base surmounted by a cylindrical body with handless arms held out to each side. The neck consists of four disks connected to a large flat circular head; hole in both arms and top of head.

Figure, 20th century

Akan

Not on View
Crab Claw

Goldweight [Crab Claw], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Two loops intertwined

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Long handle with a triangular shaped perpendicular to handle.

Goldweight [Hoe], 20th century

Asante

Not on View
red cotton flag with horizontal image orientation; three poles with telephone lines connecting each pole, in C, ending at two houses on R and L sides of image; two figures, each walking out of houses; Union Jack symbol in ULC; gold and white checkered edges on T, R and B; white cotton edging on L; mounted on white muslin

Flag, 1920s-1930s

Fante

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two sets of strips--one orange with green, blue, black and purple designs--second multicolored (same colors) designs; designs are predominate in second set, color in first; 20 strips; motifs separated by single white line

Man's wrapper, 20th century

Asante

Not on View
image taken in mirror of Black man in white shirt looking downward at camera; at L if a Black woman in white dress, smiling at viewer; interior of a shop in background; people disappearing behing mirror at R; fuzzy black border; in black frame

Self-portrait with a store assistant at the West African Drug Company, 1952 (printed 2023)

James Barnor

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Sword with three protrusions near handle and up curve at end with an additional protrusion. Handle has two incised spheres with spike out the end.

Goldweight [Sword], 20th century

Asante

Not on View

Mankala game board, 20th century

Akan

Not on View
hanging, wool with multicolored chainstitch embroidery; motifs include lion, elephant, stool, swords, birds, crocodiles, fish

Hanging, 20th century

Asante

Not on View

Figure, 20th century

Asante

Not on View
Flat bottom with t-shaped straps.

Goldweight [Sandal], 20th century

Asante

Not on View
Rifle that is gold in color. Long barrel with flint lock.

Goldweight [Gun], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Curved blade with small protrusion on end; one large circular hole on blade with one smaller hole on either side above and below

Goldweight [Sword], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Drum, center narrower than ends; applied twisted rope elements around edges of drumheads, center of drum, and vertically in paris; loose open-ended ring with coil on one end bent around center of drum

Goldweight [Drum], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
yellow ground with calabash block print design in commercial black dye; six panes embroidered at each seam

Man's Wrapper, 20th century

Akan

Not on View
24 strips sewn together; blue, black, green, yellow and maroon; main body has long sections of horizontal stripes followed by three short sections of vertical stripes and modified plaidlike patterns

Man's cloth, early 20th century

Asante

Not on View
strip woven with weft inlay patterns in red, green and yellow

Man's cloth, late 19th century

Asante

Not on View
14 strips woven together; similar striping throughout, all unique cross banding; cross banding of rectangular sections move diagonally over entire design; prominent colors, blue, yellow, white, red

Woman's cloth, 20th century

Ewe

Not on View
Stool with curved seat; seat has applied linear and circular decoration; one central lobed leg connects seat and base; two gear-shaped round elements connect seat and base front and back; four stepped rectangular base

Goldweight [Stool], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
19 strips of purple woven cotton fabric with white stripe on one side; strips decorated with woven designs of stripes and blocks with geometric designs and birds

Man's cloth, early 20th century

Ewe

Not on View
standing male and female couple, facing forward; man on L wears short pants and has linear scarifications on checks, with PL hand on woman's neck; woman at R wears a 'soul wishes' medallion hanging from a ribbon around her neck; woman has PL hand next to her head and PR arm around man's waist; both figures wear sandals and rings around their necks

Pair of Figures from a Shrine Group, First half 20th century

Kwaku Benpoh

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barefooted standing man wearing short pants and holding a very large sword with openwork blade over his PL shoulder; arms outstretched; attached base

Man Carrying an Executioner's Sword, from a shrine group, First half 20th century

Kwaku Benpoh

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barefooted standing man wearing short pants and wedge-shaped hat with a lizard on front; PL hand cupped at waist; PR arm outstretched

Male Figure, from a shrine group, First half 20th century

Kwaku Benpoh

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Two birds resting their beaks and breasts on either side of a legless alligator with a football-shaped body; incised linear decorations on alligator's and bird's backs

Goldweight [Two Birds with an Alligator], 19th-20th century

Akan

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Two birds resting their beaks and breasts on either side of a legless alligator with a pear-shaped body; incised linear decorations on bird's and alligator's bodies.

Goldweight [Two Birds With an Alligator], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Bird without legs' body rests on four-sided stepped pyramid; cannon pointing toward front on either side of bird's body; bird holds object in it's beak

Goldweight [Bird with Two Cannons], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Fourteen cups attached in two rows with two on each end; rests on five legs on rectangular base

Goldweight [Mankala Board], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Pair of round drums attached, on thin pole-like bases; incised parallel vertical lines decorate bodied of drums and bases; one drum has protrusion on front, top; each drum has two protrusions on back attached to edge of drumhead

Goldweight [Two Drums], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Chair with back, no arms; applied spheres decorate; protrusions on back of front PR leg, center back of seat, and top left corner of back of backrest

Goldweight [Chair], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Handle not in center of blade; two incised lines encircle largest part of blade

Goldweight [Dagger], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
S-shaped loop with clustered bands connecting sides and on ends

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Square base with square "cup" on top

Goldweight [Cup on Stand], 20th century

Asante

Not on View
Four legged porcupine with rolled and applied "quills". Small head with large ears, slightly open mouth, and round eyes with horizontal slits.

Goldweight [Porcupine], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Flat crocodile with diamond shaped body. Protrusion coming out of PL side.

Goldweight [Crocodile with Diamond-Shaped Body], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Crocodile and a fish (on the crocodile's PL) setting perpendicular to a log

Goldweight [Crocodile and Fish on Log], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View

Goldweight [Figure Blowing a Side-blown Trumpet], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Triangular blade; scabbard of three raised ovals

Goldweight [Dagger], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Four legged animal with spiral horns that make a straight line from the head to the rump of the animal.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Four legged animal attached to a flat plate. Spiraled horns lay flat along back.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Dagger with rounded hilt. Appears to have braided rope criss-crossed around hilt.

Goldweight [Dagger], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Three open triangles on blade; two-handed scabard

Goldweight [Sword], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Pierced Brass Finial with Swelling Terminals and a Chameleon to One Side

Goldweight [Pierced Brass Finial with Swelling Terminals...], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View

Goldweight [Blacksmith's Tongs], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
two knotted pieces; each end has banded area

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Bird with long, vertical beak; no legs; bird's body rests on a four-sided pyramid; pyramid rests on top of flat square base with serrated edges

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Padlock with triangular shaped body; C-shaped shackle; key with round head protruding from center of padlock body

Goldweight [Padlock with Key], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Ladder with three rungs; six three-lobed decorations on ends of each rung

Goldweight [Ladder], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Stem at center

Goldweight [Cluster of Four Seed Pods], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Bird with cock's comb, short wings spread

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Two loops interwined with seven clustered bands around loops

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Legs truncated; slanted lines on wings

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
Each 1/2 with three spirals

Goldweight [Linked Knots], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
brass peanut shell

Goldweight [Peanut Shell], 19th-20th century

Akan

Not on View
barefooted standing man wearing long pants with cross scarifications on his cheeks, carrying a stool held to the back of his neck with his PL hand; PR arm in front of waist

Man Carrying a Stool, from a shrine group, First half 20th century

Kwaku Benpoh

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