AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections | Carving of lion standing over human figure, spokesman's wooden staffs, Asante (Ashanti), West Africa

Carving of lion standing over human figure, spokesman's wooden staffs, Asante (Ashanti), West Africa

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Identifier

K13853

Title

Carving of lion standing over human figure, spokesman's wooden staffs, Asante (Ashanti), West Africa

Spokesman's wooden staffs, first developed among the Fante and other coastal groups and copied in Asante from about 1910 onward. (1950)

Date

1984

Creator

Unknown (artist)

Unknown (photographer)

Medium

Slides

Dimensions

35mm

Geographic Location

Africa

Subject

Cultural anthropology

Asante: Kingdom of Gold (Exhibition)

Field photographs

Publisher

American Museum of Natural History Research Library

Rights

Information on rights available at the repository.

Repository

American Museum of Natural History

Collection

Photographic Collection

Citation

Unknown (artist) and Unknown (photographer), “Carving of lion standing over human figure, spokesman's wooden staffs, Asante (Ashanti), West Africa,” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed April 20, 2024, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/3696.