The art of West African kingdoms : the Kingdom of Asante / photos by Eliot Elisofon.

Poster has three photographs. The first shows an Asante chief, clothed in a multicolored kente garment, is seated under an umbrella; seated next to him, his attendants hold ceremonial swords with gold-covered hilts. The second photograph is that of a sculpted brass counterweight for weighing gold, d...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Africana posters collection.
Corporate Authors: National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Smithsonian Institution
Other Authors: Elisofon, Eliot
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, [1987]
Series:Africana posters collection.
Subjects:
Genre:
Local Note:
MSU - Part of the Africana Posters Collection of the Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections Library.
Physical Description:1 poster : color ; 55 x 42 cm
Variant Title:
Kingdom of Asante.
Format: Poster

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