Accession No

2015.288

Description

Chief's gold ring in the shape of a mud or catfish called 'i Optiri', made using the lost wax casting process.

Place

Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Kumasi

Period

Source

Spooner, Sylvia & Spooner, Edward, T [donors per the Spooner Family]; Spooner, Dorothea [previous owner]; Spooner, Arthur [collector]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

2015.288; 46 (Spooner Colln No.); 42 (Spooner Colln No.)

Cultural Affliation

Material

Gold

Local Term

i Opitiri

Measurements

Events