Gold weight - axe - tools - proverb - Abrammuo - Mrammuo - Akan, Ashanti, Asante - Ghana (No reserve price)
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GOUDGEWICHT - HAK - GEREEDSCHAP - SPREEKWOORD is an AKAN/ASHANTI bronze weighing weight from Ghana, Indigenous objectAbrammuo - Mrammuo, 1 piece, 14.1 g, 4.7 × 3.6 × 0.6 cm, provenance Privécollectie, in good condition.
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Akan, Ashanti, Asante, antique gold weight.
Hatchet, tool.
Gold weight. Figurative.
Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Used as a weight in trade; and for weighing dust gold and gold grains.
A particularly African bronze miniature object, good antique quality, with unique details, showing wear from tribal use.
See also Brigitte Menzel, Gold weights from Ghana, figure 1121 - 1127.
WITH PROVERBS:
If the knife will not cut, apply the axe.
Or: If a gentle approach fails, you must employ heavier metal.
Or: Soft doctors make filthy wounds.
Or: You must strike at the root of the problem.
Characteristic and traditional bronze object from the AKAN, ASHANTI, Ghana, West Africa.
African bronze, Lost-Wax technique, cire perdue.
Most likely 18th/19th century. Beautiful tribal patina.
Weighs 14.1 grams, dimensions 4.7 x 3.6 x 0.6 cm.
For size comparison, assess against coins.
From an old and unique private collection.
See photos, which are part of the description.
Carefully packaged; and insured shipping with tracking via PostNL.
Can also be picked up in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Akan, Ashanti, Asante, antique gold weight.
Hatchet, tool.
Gold weight. Figurative.
Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Used as a weight in trade; and for weighing dust gold and gold grains.
A particularly African bronze miniature object, good antique quality, with unique details, showing wear from tribal use.
See also Brigitte Menzel, Gold weights from Ghana, figure 1121 - 1127.
WITH PROVERBS:
If the knife will not cut, apply the axe.
Or: If a gentle approach fails, you must employ heavier metal.
Or: Soft doctors make filthy wounds.
Or: You must strike at the root of the problem.
Characteristic and traditional bronze object from the AKAN, ASHANTI, Ghana, West Africa.
African bronze, Lost-Wax technique, cire perdue.
Most likely 18th/19th century. Beautiful tribal patina.
Weighs 14.1 grams, dimensions 4.7 x 3.6 x 0.6 cm.
For size comparison, assess against coins.
From an old and unique private collection.
See photos, which are part of the description.
Carefully packaged; and insured shipping with tracking via PostNL.
Can also be picked up in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Details
Indigenous object name
Abrammuo - Mrammuo
Number of objects
1
Ethnic group/ culture
Akan, Ashanti, Asante
Country of Origin
Ghana
Material
Afrikaans bronze
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Good condition
Title of artwork
Gold weight - axe - tools - proverb
Height
4.7 cm
Width
3.6 cm
Depth
0.6 cm
Weight
14.1 g
Provenance
Private collection
