File:Guinea Coast, Ghana, Asante, 19th century - Jewelry - 1935.311 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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[edit]Jewelry
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Jewelry |
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Shared by different Akan and Akan-related peoples, including the Asante and Baule, gold ornaments indicate status and wealth and are worn at public festivals by titleholders, chiefs, and kings. Most pectoral disks are suspended over the chest by a white, pineapple-fiber cord. They are owned by the okra, a young official who purifies the chief’s soul--hence, the name akrafokonmu, meaning "soul-washer’s badges" or "soul disks." This is a gold pectoral disc sometimes called the soul disks, was made in the 19th century and are from the Akan, Akan-related, Asante and Baule peoples from the Guinea Coast in Ghana, Africa. The overall dimensions are 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.). According to the museum, this 1800's piece of jewelry demonstrated the wealth and power that the chiefs and kings had during their rule. They were worn as a necklace over the chest using the fibers from pineapples. see this source |
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| Date | 1886 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Cast gold, hammered | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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African Art |
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1935.311 |
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| Place of creation | Guinea Coast, Ghana, Asante, 19th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Dudley P. Allen Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1935.311 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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