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Gold Weight (abrammuo): Geometric FormObject · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
HeadObject · 1650 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Knife-sheath tip (sika boha)Object · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Fante Asafo company flags (frankaa)Object · 1800 · Fowler Museum — Asafo flags collection
Landscape No. 3, Cash Entry Mines, New MexicoImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Ritual VesselImage · Art Institute of Chicago
FragmentImage · Art Institute of Chicago![The Petitions [right part] from The Story of Artemisia, France, 1607/30](/api/archive-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.artic.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2Fa597facd-9306-2729-d5b6-d63025ba5928%2Ffull%2F480%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
The Petitions [right part] from The Story of ArtemisiaImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Armor for the Field and TourneyImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Tapper (Iroke Ifa)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Two Sisters (On the Terrace)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Two warriors, one seated asleep on a foreground rock, from Figurine seriesImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Abundantia from The Four Continents and Related AllegoriesImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric DesignImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Esu Dance Staff (Ogo Elegbara)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment (From an Orphrey Band)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Self-PortraitImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Memorial head (nsodie)Object · 1675 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu)Object · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu)Object · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Adinkra stamped cloth traditionObject · 1800 · UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage — Adinkra (related Akan traditions)
FragmentImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Water LiliesImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Royal Cap (Orikogbofo)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Male FigureImage · Art Institute of Chicago
FragmentImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Louis Phélypeaux de la VrillièreImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Female Figure with BowlImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric PatternImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment of a Kneeling FigureImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Robe (Boubou Lomasa)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of a Man Wearing an Ivy WreathImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric DesignImage · Art Institute of Chicago
PanelImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Female Figure (akua'ba)Object · 1880 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Gold Weight (abrammuo): GeometricObject · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
FigureObject · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Coat of arms of GhanaObject · 1957 · Government of Ghana — national symbols
FragmentImage · Art Institute of Chicago
FragmentImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Mask for Egungun (Ere Egungun)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
A warrior sits on a block and gestures; two figure are behind him, from Figurine seriesImage · Art Institute of Chicago
FragmentImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric PatternImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of RomeImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric DesignImage · Art Institute of Chicago
God Krishna Dancing on the Head of the Snake Demon Kaliya (Kaliyadamana)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric PatternImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Figure of a DogImage · Art Institute of Chicago
FragmentImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu)Object · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Gold Weight (abrammuo): AntelopeObject · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Gold Weight (abrammuo): Drum with Jaws of Defeated EnemiesObject · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Knife-sheath tip (sika boha)Object · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
National flag of GhanaObject · 1957 · Government of Ghana — national symbols
Altar StoolImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric DesignImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Equestrian and Four FiguresImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Staffs (Edan)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Headdress (Ago Egungun)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric DesignImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight in the Form of a Geometric ShapeImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment (Border)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Royal Cap (Orikogbofo)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Equestrian FigureImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Veranda Post (Òpó Ògògá)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Figure (baàthíl)Object · 1895 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Gold Weight (abrammuo): FishObject · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Knife Handle CoverObject · 1886 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Knife-sheath tip (sika boha)Object · 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Oinochoe (Pitcher)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Kylix (Drinking Cup)Image · Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight with a Geometric PatternImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Martin Vanden Bogaert DesjardinsImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Jeronimo de BranImage · Art Institute of Chicago
ScarfImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Horse and RiderImage · Art Institute of Chicago
The Double Bass PlayerImage · Art Institute of Chicago
FragmentImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Female FigureImage · Art Institute of Chicago
Diana and Her Nymphs with the Ox HuntImage · Art Institute of Chicago