Antique Gold Weight African Ghana Akan Antique Brass Bronze goldweight lost wax
Antique Gold Weight African Ghana Akan Antique Brass Bronze goldweight lost wax
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One nice ANTIQUE ( 1800s ) Ashanti / Asante "Geometric" goldweight made from brass using the lost wax technique from Ghana !
The size of the gold weight is approximately 31 mm x 13 mm x 7 mm, weight 17.9 grams and is in AVERAGE condition with some DAMAGES and wear due to age and usage ( Please see photos ).
Asante carried most of their transactions using gold dust and this weights were used as known mass for the owner.
ASHANTI TRIBE INFORMATION
LOCATION: Southern Ghana.
TYPES OF ART: Ashanti stools and dolls ( Fertility and Ashanti doll) but also known for their other royal arts, which include staff and umbrella finials, lost wax cast gold jewelry, and brass gold weights.
Kente cloth is a high-prestige textile that was originally woven from imported silk and now is woven of rayon and other synthetics.