Artworks · Asante

Heart-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile

1875 · Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string

2.9 × 2.6 × 10.2 cm (1 1/8 × 1 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cocoa Tree-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile

1875 · Calabash

7.7 × 10.2 × 1.5 cm (3 1/16 × 4 1/16 × 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stamp for Adinkra Textile

1875 · Calabash

8.3 × 8.3 × 1.5 cm (3 5/16 × 3 5/16 × 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stamp for Adinkra Textile

1875 · Calabash

7.7 × 7.7 × 1.5 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/16 × 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Ram's Horns" Stamp for Adinkra Textile

1875 · Calabash

5.8 × 6.7 × 1.5 cm (2 5/16 × 2 11/16 × 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Hairstyle of Court Attendants" Stamp for Adinkra Textile

1875 · Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string

13.1 × 7 cm (5 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Hairstyle of Court Attendants" Stamp for Adinkra Textile

1875 · Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string

5.8 × 5.1 × 10.5 cm (2 1/4 × 2 × 4 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight: Seated Figure

1850 · Copper alloy

6.8 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm (2 11/16 × 2 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Standing Male Figure

1850 · Copper alloy

6.4 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/16 × 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon

1850 · Copper alloy

1.5 × 4.8 cm (3 × 1 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Royal Chair (Akonkromfi)

1850 · Wood, brass, and leather

104.2 × 55.9 × 48.3 cm (41 × 22 × 19 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Drum

1800 · Copper alloy

2.9 × 1.9 × 2.1 cm (5/16 × 7/8 × 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Stool

1800 · Copper alloy

2 × 2.9 × 2 cm (3/4 × 1 1/8 × 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon

1800 · Copper alloy

4.5 × 2.3 × 9.2 cm (1 3/4 × 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Man with a Powder Keg

1800 · Copper alloy

4.1 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm (1 7/8 × 15/16 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting Interlocking Amulets

1800 · Copper alloy

Link 1: 1.3 × 1.3 × 4.5 cm (1/2 × 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.); Link 2: 1.3 × 2 × 5.1 cm (1/2 × 3/4 × 2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting an Antelope

1800 · Copper alloy

3.2 × 1.1 × 2.8 cm (1/4 × 1/2 × 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid

1800 · Copper alloy

1.8 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm (7/8 × 7/8 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1800 · Copper alloy

H.: 1.1 cm (11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depictng a Scorpion

1800 · Copper alloy

2.2 × 2.9 × 3.8 cm (7/8 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid

1800 · Copper alloy

1.6 × 1.5 × 2 cm (5/8 × 9/16 × 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pendant

1800 · Copper alloy

6.4 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Seated Figure

1800 · Copper alloy

4 × 1.6 × 2 cm (1 9/16 × 5/8 × 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Coiled Snake

1800 · Copper alloy

1 × 3 × 3.8 cm (3/8 × 1 3/16 × 1 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Double Crocodile

1800 · Copper alloy

1.3 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm (1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Bird

1800 · Copper alloy

3.8 × 3.8 × 4.6 cm (1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid

1800 · Copper alloy

1.4 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm (9/16 × 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Bird

1800 · Copper alloy

2.5 × 1.3 × 4.5 cm (1 × 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abamphruwa (gold-dust box)

1800 · Brass

H. 1 1/4 × W. 1 1/2 × D. 3 3/16 in. (3.2 × 3.8 × 8.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lion Ornament

1800 · Gold

H. 1 1/2 x W. 2 1/8 x D. 2 1/4 in. (3.8 x 5.4 x 5.7cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid Surmounted by Spiral

1750 · Copper alloy

2.2 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm (7/8 × 1 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Catfish

1750 · Copper alloy

1.1 × 2.1 × 3.9 cm (1/2 × 15/16 × 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Man with a Pipe and a Powder Keg

1700 · Copper alloy

5.1 × 1.9 × 3.8 cm (2 × 3/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

0.5 × 1.2 × 1.4 cm (3/16 × 1/2 × 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

0.6 × 1.7 × 2.7 cm (1/4 × 11/16 × 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

0.6 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm (1/4 × 3/4 × 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

1 × 1.8 × 2.1 cm (3/8 × 11/16 × 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

0.5 × 2 × 2.3 cm (3/16 × 3/4 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

0.7 × 1.5 × 2.3 cm (1/4 × 9/16 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

2 × 2 × 0.7 cm (3/4 × 3/4 × 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern

1700 · Copper alloy

0.7 × 2.7 × 2 cm (1/4 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

0.9 × 1.7 × 2.4 cm (1/4 × 11/16 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

1.3 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm (1/2 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Design

1700 · Copper alloy

2 × 2 × 0.7 cm (3/4 × 3/4 × 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid Shape with Spiral

1700 · Copper alloy

2.5 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm (1 × 3/4 × 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting Entwined Catfish

1700 · Copper alloy

0.8 × 2.8 × 4.7 cm (3/8 × 1/4 × 1/8 in.); 1 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm (3/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight with a Geometric Pattern

1700 · Copper alloy

0.8 × 2 × 2.3 cm (5/16 × 3/4 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight in the Form of a Geometric Shape

1700 · Copper alloy

1.6 × 4.9 × 5.6 cm (3 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago