Door

Akan group, Côte d'Ivoire, African

  • Titles Door (Descriptive)
  • Medium wood
  • Dimensions 49 x 15 1/4 x 3 in. (124.5 x 38.7 x 7.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Edwin and Cherie Silver, 1991.1015
  • Work Type door
  • Classification Furniture

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Gold Weight in the Form of an Axe or Hatchet, Asante people or, Baule people, Akan group, Ghana or, Côte d'Ivoire, African, brass
Dark blackish-brown vessel with rounded bottom has inward-curving neck and everted rim; shoulder has repeating diamonds with protruding oval inside each.
Staff with snake-head finial
Vertical grain container has flat bottom resting on short feet; top is rounded with short neck. Shoulder has appliqued parallel wavy lines with raised vertical bar.