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Pendant

Date:

19th/mid–20th century

Artist:

Asante
Ghana
Coastal West Africa

About this artwork

This brass pendant would have most likely been worn around the neck. It is weighted at the bottom, where two semicircular forms face each other with an open space between them. This piece of jewelry was created using the lost-wax technique.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Africa

Culture

Asante

Title

Pendant

Place

Ghana (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1800–1950

Medium

Copper alloy

Credit Line

Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman

Reference Number

2007.603

Extended information about this artwork

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