"Weight For Weighing Gold Powder - Ashanti Culture, Ghana - 19th Century"
WEIGHT to weigh the GOLD POWDER representing an AFENA: a ceremonial state saber. Its handle is animated by two incised spheres, the heel of a bird with outstretched wings, the blade is pierced with an X-shaped cross with obliquely incised rims. The afena is a symbol of power and might reserved for the king. Ashanti culture, Ghana, 19th centuryBrass; H.: 7.6; L.: 2.9 cm
No. 39 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.
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