Container for Gold Dust (Adakawa)

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

AIC_.1978.881

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AIC_.1978.881

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

African; West African; Ghanain; Akan

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African; West African; Ghanain; Akan

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Africa, Ghana//Africa, West Africa, Southern Côte d'Ivoire, Southern Ghana Africa,West Africa,Ghana

cdt

Africa, Ghana//Africa, West Africa, Southern Côte d'Ivoire, Southern Ghana Africa,West Africa,Ghana

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Akan

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Akan

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Container for Gold Dust (Adakawa)

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Container for Gold Dust (Adakawa)

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

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preferred

Title Type

false

View:

front view

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front view

View

false

Creation Date:

Mid/late 19th cen.

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Mid/late 19th cen.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1850

ocs

1850

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1900

oce

1900

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Brass

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Brass

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Container

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Container

Classification Term

false

Classification Term:

Brass

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Brass

Classification Term

false

Subject Description:

Tubular gold dust container with lid attached to chain. Registers of low relief designs including trains, boats, flowers, and geometric patterns.

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Tubular gold dust container with lid attached to chain. Registers of low relief designs including trains, boats, flowers, and geometric patterns.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Africa,West Africa,Ghana

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Africa,West Africa,Ghana

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

l. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

met

l. 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1978.881

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1978.881

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Britt Family Collection

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Britt Family Collection

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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Container for Gold Dust (Adakawa)