GOLD WEIGHT - CEREMONIAL SWORD - Abrammuo - Mrammuo - Akan, Ashanti, Asante - Ghana (No reserve price)
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GOUDGEWICHT - CEREMONIAL SWORD, Ghana, Akan/Ashanti culture, Provenance Privécollectie.
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Description from the seller
Akan, Ashanti, Asante, antique goldweight.
Ceremonial sword.
Goldweight. Figurative.
Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Used as 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, figures 951 - 957.
Characteristically traditional bronze object from 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 13.3 grams, dimensions 6.8 x 1.5 x 0.2 / 1.1 cm.
Size reference: compare with the coins.
From an old and unique private collection.
See photos, which are part of the description.
Carefully packed; and insured shipping with track and trace via PostNL.
Can also be picked up in Leiden, Netherlands.
Akan, Ashanti, Asante, antique goldweight.
Ceremonial sword.
Goldweight. Figurative.
Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Used as 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, figures 951 - 957.
Characteristically traditional bronze object from 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 13.3 grams, dimensions 6.8 x 1.5 x 0.2 / 1.1 cm.
Size reference: compare with the coins.
From an old and unique private collection.
See photos, which are part of the description.
Carefully packed; 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
GOLD WEIGHT - CEREMONIAL SWORD
Height
6.8 cm
Width
1.5 cm
Depth
1.1 cm
Weight
13.3 g
Provenance
Private collection
