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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

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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

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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

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Three balls at top of seat back

Goldweight [Chair], 19th-20th century

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

Goldweight [Beetle], 19th-20th century

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Three legged animal with round body, long neck and slim head. Ring under chin and short, down-turned tail.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

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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

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Head bent to back; ball in mouth

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

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Three feathers on head, three rings at bottom of serpentine neck

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

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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

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Tortoise with rounded oval shape body; flat head; legs made of two pieces of bent wires

Goldweight [Tortoise], 19th-20th century

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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

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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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Goldweight [Stool], 19th-20th century

Akan

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Four-legged base

Goldweight [Cannon], 19th-20th century

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Stylized scorpion, body is flat, legs are curled, and tail hooks upwards

Goldweight [Scorpion], 19th-20th century

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Two loops next to each other with six clustered bands attaching them

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

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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

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Long-necked bird with half circle shaped wings sitting on five-stepped rectangular platform

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

Akan

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Tow joined loops; short cylinder at end of each

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

Akan

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Bean spiraled around itself, coil of metal around bean opposite overlap

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

Akan

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Diamond shaped bases

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

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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

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Four flat sides protruding from center; stem at bottom

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

Akan

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

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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

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Crab Claw

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

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Two loops intertwined

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

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Mankala game board, 20th century

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Rifle that is gold in color. Long barrel with flint lock.

Goldweight [Gun], 19th-20th century

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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

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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

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yellow ground with calabash block print design in commercial black dye; six panes embroidered at each seam

Man's Wrapper, 20th century

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Fourteen cups attached in two rows with two on each end; rests on five legs on rectangular base

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

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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

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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

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

Goldweight [Dagger], 19th-20th century

Akan

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S-shaped loop with clustered bands connecting sides and on ends

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

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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

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Flat crocodile with diamond shaped body. Protrusion coming out of PL side.

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

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Crocodile and a fish (on the crocodile's PL) setting perpendicular to a log

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

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

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Triangular blade; scabbard of three raised ovals

Goldweight [Dagger], 19th-20th century

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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

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Four legged animal attached to a flat plate. Spiraled horns lay flat along back.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

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Dagger with rounded hilt. Appears to have braided rope criss-crossed around hilt.

Goldweight [Dagger], 19th-20th century

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Three open triangles on blade; two-handed scabard

Goldweight [Sword], 19th-20th century

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Pierced Brass Finial with Swelling Terminals and a Chameleon to One Side

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

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

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two knotted pieces; each end has banded area

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

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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

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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

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Ladder with three rungs; six three-lobed decorations on ends of each rung

Goldweight [Ladder], 19th-20th century

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Stem at center

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

Akan

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Bird with cock's comb, short wings spread

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

Akan

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Two loops interwined with seven clustered bands around loops

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

Akan

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Legs truncated; slanted lines on wings

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

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Each 1/2 with three spirals

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

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brass peanut shell

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

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Two crocodiles that are "crossed" or joined at the middle. Each has an upturned nose and a coiled tail. Arms and legs are clean and free of debris.

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

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Cylinder shape with lines running along body to appear as if there are multiple sticks bundled. Band in middle running parallel to long lines and at one end.

Goldweight [Cluster of Sticks], 19th-20th century

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Two rows of six containers on stand

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

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

Akan

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Goldweight [Rifle], 19th-20th century

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Metal band wrapped at tail. Incised lines run vertically and horizontally and cross in the middle.

Goldweight [Crocodile], 19th-20th century

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Long horned antelope with PL ear and end of PL horn Broken off and missing.

Goldweight [Antelope], 19th-20th century

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Goldweight [Figure Holding Rifle], 19th-20th century

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Goldweight [Leopard], 19th-20th century

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Head and long body of a beetle with incised lines running the length of the body. Legs missing, hole in the underside from under the head to mid-body.

Goldweight [Beetle], 19th-20th century

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Drawn bow with attached arrow; applied linear decorations; flat back

Goldweight [Bow and Arrow], 19th-20th century

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Two spheres on handle with protrusions on either side; two cow-bells below (one smaller than the other) have corrosion on end sphere. 98.1.217 is quite similar but larger in size

Goldweight [Double Gong], 19th-20th century

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Two lengths of loops, each with two loops at one end, joined together at ends with one loop

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

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Handle protrudes through top of head; two incised lines on top and sides of mallet head

Goldweight [Mallet], 19th-20th century

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spiral on back; point on head; seven step base

Goldweight [Bird], 19th-20th century

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Pipe, similar to saxaphone; two bands on neck, raised dot below mouth

Goldweight [Horn], 19th-20th century

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Curved at thin end; indented lines running length

Goldweight [Seed Pod], 19th-20th century

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Gun with shorter barrel. Has decoration/irregularities on barrel.

Goldweight [Gun], 19th-20th century

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Long skinny animal with no legs and four horizontal bands across body.

Goldweight [Striped Fish], 19th-20th century

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Front legs are touching in front of face; legs on PL side are missing, except one; tail is straight, not curled

Goldweight [Scorpion], 19th-20th century

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Spiral spots. Missing back PL leg. Flag shaped object in mouth.

Goldweight [Leopard with Prey], 19th-20th century

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Round bodied gourd with long "spout". Braided piece connects rim with body. Spiral shapes throughout.

Goldweight [Calabash], 19th-20th century

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Very small four legged animal with a long skinny body and a fat-upturned tail.

Goldweight [Quadruped], 19th-20th century

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Metal band affixed to tail, has twelve legs, tail curls all the way back to head

Goldweight [Scorpion], 19th-20th century

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Thin ladder with four rungs; horizontal line across support bar at each rung

Goldweight [Ladder], 19th-20th century

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Long cylindrical shape with protrusions throughout to represent a root

Goldweight [Root], 19th-20th century

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Eleven protrusions

Goldweight [Cluster of Seeds], 19th-20th century

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Dagger handle with two balls, each with frontal protrusion, spiraling section between balls; sheath flat on back; open work design on front with D-shaped elements on Right side

Goldweight [Dagger in Sheath], 19th-20th century

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Two sword blades, curved on the ends, attached to one handle; handle has two balls with a protrusion on each

Goldweight [Crossed Swords], 19th-20th century

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S-shaped loop held together with center band; bands on ends

Goldweight [Knot], 19th-20th century

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Comb shaped seed pod with long thick stem on wide side of cone

Goldweight [Seed Pod], 19th-20th century

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Metal band wrapped at tail

Goldweight [Crocodile], 19th-20th century

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Crab with one pincher near face and one down by its legs

Goldweight [Crab], 19th-20th century

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Bent seed pod that makes a teardrop shape

Goldweight [Bent Seed Pod], 19th-20th century

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Claw shaped scabard

Goldweight [Sword], 19th-20th century

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