Goudgewicht - Seven Birds in a Tree - Proverb - Abrammuo - Mrammuo - Akan, Ashanti, Asante - Ghana (No reserve price)
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GOUDGEWICHT - ZEVEN VOGELS IN EEN BOOM - SPREEKWOORD is an authentic original Akan bronze miniature weight from Ghana, with one object, Provenance Privécollectie, measuring 5.1 × 1.4 × 1.0 cm and weighing 10.4 g, Indigenous name Abrammuo - Mrammuo, and in good condition.
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AKAN, ASHANTI, ASANTE, ANCIENT GOLD WEIGHT.
SEVEN BIRDS IN A TREE.
Gold weight. Figurative.
Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Unique and rare weight.
Used as a weight in trade; and for weighing gold dust and gold grains.
A particularly African bronze miniature object, good antique quality, with unique details, with wear from tribal use.
See also Brigitte Menzel, Gold weights from Ghana, fig. 757 - 758.
WITH PROVERB:
The ensee birds like a tree to die (so that they can make holes in it).
OR: One man’s death is another man’s bread.
OR: When the tree falls, everyone makes firewood of it.
OR: Profit from someone’s downfall, misfortune or death.
Characteristic and traditional bronze object of the AKAN, ASHANTI, Ghana, West Africa.
African bronze, lost-wax casting method, lost wax, cire perdue.
Most likely 18th/19th century. Beautiful tribal patina.
Weighs 10.4 grams, dimensions 5.1 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm. Base small pyramid 1.1 x 1.0 cm.
For size, compare with coins.
From an old and unique private collection.
See photos, which are part of the description.
Carefully packaged; and insured shipping with track and trace via PostNL.
Can also be picked up in Leiden, Netherlands.
AKAN, ASHANTI, ASANTE, ANCIENT GOLD WEIGHT.
SEVEN BIRDS IN A TREE.
Gold weight. Figurative.
Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Unique and rare weight.
Used as a weight in trade; and for weighing gold dust and gold grains.
A particularly African bronze miniature object, good antique quality, with unique details, with wear from tribal use.
See also Brigitte Menzel, Gold weights from Ghana, fig. 757 - 758.
WITH PROVERB:
The ensee birds like a tree to die (so that they can make holes in it).
OR: One man’s death is another man’s bread.
OR: When the tree falls, everyone makes firewood of it.
OR: Profit from someone’s downfall, misfortune or death.
Characteristic and traditional bronze object of the AKAN, ASHANTI, Ghana, West Africa.
African bronze, lost-wax casting method, lost wax, cire perdue.
Most likely 18th/19th century. Beautiful tribal patina.
Weighs 10.4 grams, dimensions 5.1 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm. Base small pyramid 1.1 x 1.0 cm.
For size, compare with coins.
From an old and unique private collection.
See photos, which are part of the description.
Carefully packaged; and insured shipping with track and trace via PostNL.
Can also be picked up in Leiden, 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
Goudgewicht - Seven Birds in a Tree - Proverb
Height
5.1 cm
Width
1.4 cm
Depth
1 cm
Weight
10.4 g
Provenance
Private collection
Authenticity
Original/official
