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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 16 (1981)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 16

"The Heraldic Lion in Akan Art: A Study of Motif Assimilation in Southern Ghana"

Ross, Doran H.

1981

16 pages

This title is out of print.

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Doran H. Ross

Met Art in Publication

Lion Ornament, Gold, Akan peoples, Asante group — Lion Ornament
Akan peoples, Asante group
19th century

Lion Ornament, Gold, Akan peoples, Asante — Lion Ornament
Akan peoples, Asante
19th century

Prestige Stool: Lion Base, Wood, Akan peoples — Prestige Stool: Lion Base
Akan peoples
19th century

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