Cultures & Traditions

Asante Matrilineal Society

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Crown with gilded attachments

In Focus

Sword Ornament in the form of a lion

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Hat with hornlike projections (misango mayaka)

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Arrow holder with head and three prongs

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Staff with figures and head in relief

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Pendant

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Four-horn community power figure

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Ring depicting ritual sacrifice

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State sword

Cultures & Traditions

Sword bearers

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Plaque from a Tantric dancer's bone apron

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Plaque from a Tantric dancer's bone apron

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Side-blown horn

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Figure of a town chief (iyase)

Peoples & Societies

Asante Royal Regalia

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Sword ornament in the form of a lion

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: costume elements

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: water bird

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Ulua Polychrome tripod dish: three Glyph H forms

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Ulua Polychrome vessel: regalia motifs

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: three medallions with birds

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: three jaguars

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Ulua Polychrome tripod bowl

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: three monkey figures

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: water birds

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Ulua Polychrome tripod dish: seated figures and Glyph H avian masks

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Ulua Polychrome jar with handles

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: skeletal figures

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Ulua Polychrome jar with handles: peccaries

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Wall panel depicting Ix K'an Bolon ("Lady Yellow Nine") in ritual dress

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Salua Polychrome tripod cylinder jar: frontal masks

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: three birds and black spirals

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Ulua Polychrome jar with handles: animal decoration

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: two monkey figures

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: three feathered serpent/fish heads

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Ulua Polychrome bowl: peccaries