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Akan, African
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Artist Akan, African
Title
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Date 19th or 20th century
Medium Brass
Credit Line Gift of Shirley B. Williams
Accession Number 1991.1053
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Provenance
Shirley Williams;
1992-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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