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Chair gold weight
Akan artist
18th–19th century

Lion Ornament
Akan peoples, Asante
19th century

Lion Ornament
Akan peoples, Asante group
19th century

Grasshopper gold weight
Akan artist
19th–20th century

Shells gold weight
Akan artist
19th–20th century

Abamphruwa (gold-dust box)
Asante (Akan) artist
19th–20th century

Male ntiri (memorial head)
Akan artist
17th century (?)

Female ntiri (memorial head)
Akan artist
17th century (?)

Between Earth and Heaven
El Anatsui
2006

Prestige Stool
Akan peoples
19th–20th century

Squared vessel
Lo’ Took’ Akan (?) Xok
755–780

Nsodie (memorial head)
Akan artist
17th–mid-18th century

Kuduo vessel
Akan artist
18th–19th century

Akrafokonmu (soul washer’s disk)
Akan artist
18th–19th century

Linguist Staff: Ceremonial Stool, Chain, and Swords Motif (ȯkyeame poma)
Asante artist
ca. 1930s

Bird claw gold weight
Akan artist
19th–20th century

Hornblower attendant figure
Anyi-Akan artist
18th–first quarter 20th century

Akua ‘ba (Akua’s child) figure
Asante-Akan artist
First half 20th century

Double Crocodile Pendant
Lagoon peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Nsodie (memorial head) of a queen mother
Akan artist
Late 18th–19th century

Gold Weight: Chicken's Head
Akan peoples
18th–19th century

Gold Weight: Bird (Sankofa)
Akan peoples
18th–19th century

Snake Pendant
Baule or Lagoon peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Figure: Seated Male With Sword
Asante
19th–20th century

Eleven Beads
Baule or Lagoon peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Seated male figure for a komien (trance diviner)
Baule artist
19th–mid-20th century

Gold Dust Box (abamphruwa)
Akan peoples, Asante
19th–20th century

Gold Dust Box (abamphruwa)
Akan peoples, Asante
19th–20th century

Clan vessel
Akan peoples
20th century, before 1962

Memorial figure possibly representing a chief
Akan peoples, Anyi group
18th–early 20th century

Gold Weight: Lobster Claw
Asante
19th–20th century

Figure: Female (Akua Ba)
Asante
19th–20th century

Container (Kuduo)
Akan peoples, Asante
18th–19th century

Royal man's kente (prestige cloth)
Asante artist
ca. 1910–1940

Weights: Elephant, Bitrd with Body in Knot, Bird Claw
Akan peoples
18th–20th century

Gold Weight: Elephant
Asante
19th–20th century

Vessel with mythological scene
Metropolitan Painter
600–800 CE

Prestige Stool: Elephant and Leopard Base
Akan peoples
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Whisk Handle with Hornbill
Akan peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Female Figure with Vessel
Akan peoples
19th–mid-20th century