Akan Ghana Gold Powder Weighing Weights 19th Century

Antique gold powder weighing weight featuring a two-headed crocodile. Beautifully decorated on the body of the crocodile, expertly sculpted. "The crocodile is a very important theme in representations in the form of figurines or plaques. Bibliography: For a close copy page 219 fig 1 and 2 of the book by André Blandin "Bronzes and other alloys" "The common belly with two heads and two tails, these crocodiles symbolize the unity of the group, the family, the clan or ethnic group to which the activities specific to its various members must benefit". Our copy is in very good condition. Dimensions: 6.2 x 5 cm Akan Ghana 19th century. Close copy in the book by André Blandin "Bronzes and other alloys" page (photo attached). Provenance: Former collection of Mr. Olivier Richet, constituted by the latter between the 1950s and 1980s. This was the subject of a study and an inventory established on October 6, 1981 by Mrs. Eid, documentalist at the Museum of African and Oceanic Arts of the Golden Gate, at the request of Mr. C. Noll, curator of the African arts section. Sold with certificate of authenticity from the expert Serge Reynes. * Shipping costs on estimate.