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ID: 901002517
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002517
Record Type: Character/Person

Nyame (Asante deity)

Note: Creator god of the Asante of Ghana, one aspect of a trinity of gods.

Names:
Nyame (Asante deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<African iconography> (P)
........<African characters> (P)
............Nyame (Asante deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Asante
.....(Central Ghana styles, Akan (culture or style), Guinea Coast styles, West African (general), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Nyame (Asante deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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