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Asante. <em>Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo)</em>, 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.221.2a-b_view1_bw.jpg)
Asante. Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo), 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.221.2a-b_view1_bw.jpg)
Asante. <em>Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo)</em>, 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.221.2a-b_view1_bw.jpg)

Asante. Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo), 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.221.2a-b_view1_bw.jpg)

Asante. <em>Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo)</em>, 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.221.2a-b_view2_bw.jpg)

Asante. Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo), 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.221.2a-b_view2_bw.jpg)

Asante. <em>Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo)</em>, 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1990.221.2a-b_print_view1_bw.jpg)

Asante. Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo), 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1990.221.2a-b_print_view1_bw.jpg)

Asante. <em>Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo)</em>, 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1990.221.2a-b_print_view2_bw.jpg)

Asante. Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo), 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1990.221.2a-b_print_view2_bw.jpg)

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Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Asante
MEDIUM Copper alloy
  • Place Made: Ashanti Region, Ghana
    • DATES 19th century or earlier
    DIMENSIONS 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1990.221.2a-b
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Shirley B. Williams
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1990, provenance not yet documented; by 1990, probably between 1961 and 1981, acquired by Franklin Hall Williams and Shirley Broyard Williams of New York, NY; December 31, 1990, gift of Shirley Broyard Williams to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CAPTION Asante. Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo), 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.221.2a-b_view1_bw.jpg)
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    Asante. <em>Cylindrical Container with Lid (Kuduo)</em>, 19th century or earlier. Copper alloy, 5 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shirley B. Williams, 1990.221.2a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.221.2a-b_view1_bw.jpg)

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