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Object Details

Maker

Akan artist

Description

Elephant

Provenance

Paul Tishman, New York, before 1968 to 1996

Ellen Rosenthal and Jean Harrison, 1996 to 1999

Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communication, Washington D.C., 1999 to 2014

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Credit Line

Gift of The Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communication in memory of Warren M. Robbins

Object number

2014-32-42

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Textile and Fiber Arts

Medium

Metal, gold wash

Dimensions

H x W x D: 6.4 × 8.6 × 5.1 cm (2 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 2 in.)

Geography

Ghana

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Data Source

National Museum of African Art

Topic

elephant

male

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