Akan artist – Kuduo vessel – Akan peoples, Asante – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/314461
kuduo reveal the broad range of aesthetic traditions from which the Akan peoples have
kuduo reveal the broad range of aesthetic traditions from which the Akan peoples have
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Inscription: Inscriptions: Outer guard band: Qur’an, ch. II, vv. 285, 286Main border: Qur’an, ch. II, v. 256Inner guard band: Qur’an, ch. VII, vv. 203–205 Border of niche: Qur’an, ch
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Said to be from near Thessaloniki (Richter 1937, p. 292). [With Michael Ritsos, Thessaloniki, Greece]; before 1913, acquired by Friedrich Ludwig von Gans, purchased from M. Ritsos; collection of F
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