Gold-Leaf Wooden Finial Of A Leopard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 May 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1980's
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. William Mithoefer
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. William Mithoefer
notes: label: Notes
content: ACCORDING TO DR. CHRISTINE KREAMER, AFRICAN ETHNOLOGIST, ANTHROPOLOGY DEPT, NMNH, THIS FINIAL DEPICTS A LEOPARD WITH DUIKER IN HIS MOUTH, REPRESENTING THE DOMINANCE OF A MORE POWERFUL CHIEFDOM (LEOPARD) OVER RIVAL CHIEFDOM (DUIKER). ACCESSION MEMO NOTES THAT THIS ITEM WAS MADE BETWEEN 1970-1980.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "These contemporary ceremonial objects [E428654 - E428656] resemble those of the 18th-century Asante court."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Known, Southern Ghana, Ghana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Akan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420708
label: USNM Number
content: E428656-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Finial