"Weight For Weighing Gold Powder Figuring An Afena - Ashanti Culture, Ghana - 19th Century"
WEIGHT to weigh the GOLD POWDER representing an AFENA: a ceremonial state saber. Its handle is animated by two spheres incised with concentric circles. The ring that animates the handle allowed it to be worn as a pendant. The afena is a symbol of power and might reserved for the king. Ashanti culture, Ghana, 19th centuryBrass; H.: 8.1; L.: 2 cm
No. 18 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.
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