Model for a casting of a turtle | Yale University Art Gallery

2002

Medium: Wax and fired clay
Dimensions: 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 2 1/2in. (1.9 × 8.5 × 6.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Labelle Prussin, Ph.D. 1973
Accession Number: 2004.97.99
Geography: Ghana
Culture: Akan
Period: 21st century
Classification: Models
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Provenance

Labelle Prussin purchased in Kumasi from atelier of brass caster in 2002, donated to Yale University Art Galllery in 2004

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Additional information

Object/Work type

model

turtles

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