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77-9-24

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 77-9-24
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ashanti
Provenience Ghana
Date Made 20th century
Section African
Materials Brass
Iconography Crocodile
Description

Cast bronze crocodile. Concentric circle design on center of back, and four semi-circular designs around it. Long snout curved slightly to his left, and tail curving to right. Bulging oval eyes with slit down the middle.

Height 1.3 cm
Length 6.5 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Kohler, 1977

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