Pendant

Arts of Africa

19th/mid–20th century

Asante
Ghana
Coastal West Africa

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

Muriel Kallis Newman (died 2008), Chicago, Ill., by 1980; given to the Art Institute, 2007.

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