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Asante. <em>Lidded Container (Forowa)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_PS10.jpg)
Asante. Lidded Container (Forowa), late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_PS10.jpg)
Asante. <em>Lidded Container (Forowa)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_PS10.jpg)

Asante. Lidded Container (Forowa), late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_PS10.jpg)

Asante. <em>Lidded Container (Forowa)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_top_PS10.jpg)

Asante. Lidded Container (Forowa), late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_top_PS10.jpg)

Asante. <em>Lidded Container (Forowa)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_detail1_PS10.jpg)

Asante. Lidded Container (Forowa), late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_detail1_PS10.jpg)

Asante. <em>Lidded Container (Forowa)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_open_view2_PS10.jpg)

Asante. Lidded Container (Forowa), late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_open_view2_PS10.jpg)

Asante. <em>Lidded Container (Forowa)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_open_view1_PS10.jpg)

Asante. Lidded Container (Forowa), late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_open_view1_PS10.jpg)

Asante. <em>Lidded Container (Forowa)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_detail2_PS10.jpg)

Asante. Lidded Container (Forowa), late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_detail2_PS10.jpg)

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Lidded Container (Forowa)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Asante
MEDIUM Copper alloy
  • Place Made: Ashanti Region, Ghana
    • DATES late 19th–early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS height: 10 1/2 in. diam.: 7 in.  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 88.192.24a-b
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1981, provenance not yet documented; between 1961 and 1981, acquired by Franklin Hall Williams and Shirley Broyard Williams of New York, NY; 1988, gift of Franklin Hall Williams and Shirley Broyard Williams to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CAPTION Asante. Lidded Container (Forowa), late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_PS10.jpg)
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    Asante. <em>Lidded Container (Forowa)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Copper alloy, height: 10 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams, 88.192.24a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.192.24a-b_PS10.jpg)

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