Figurative gold weight - Akan - Ghana
Weights to weigh the gold in Akan African art
The Akan ethnic group comprises more than six million people living on the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo. The Akan speak the Twi language. Clan leaders continue to store and keep collectible figurines and apparatus to weigh gold. These objects are often scenes of everyday life, like here where we can see a woman grind grain with a pestle and a mortar.
Origin : private collection of african art P. Sanchez, PortugalDating : 1900'sSize : +/- 5 cm Material : bronze
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Mid XXth century
- Size
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Bronze
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal Art Collection Portugal
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Weights to weigh the gold in Akan African art
The Akan ethnic group comprises more than six million people living on the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo. The Akan speak the Twi language. Clan leaders continue to store and keep collectible figurines and apparatus to weigh gold. These objects are often scenes of everyday life, like here where we can see a woman grind grain with a pestle and a mortar.
Origin : private collection of african art P. Sanchez, PortugalDating : 1900'sSize : +/- 5 cm Material : bronze