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West-African Ethnic Art - Old Akan Gold Weight #1079
Type of object: Gold weight Ethnic group: Akan Country of origin: West-Africa Measurement: 32 x 24.7 x 7 mm Materials: Brass, made with the lost-wax method Weight: 34 grams
Goldweight | Hollow lost wax casting in gold of a uni-facial pendant of unusual geometric form and embellished with open-work decoration. | Baule people, Côte d'Ivoire Asante people, Ghana | 19th century
Africa | Hollow lost wax cast in gold of a six-sided bi-facial open-work pendant (suman), the shorter ends of which are pierced for suspension. | Baule people, Ivory Coast or Asante people, Ghana | 19th century || {1.7}
Africa | Group of four Lagoons area gold pendants; one naturalistic face, probably Baule, and three Lagoons area two with faces framed by squares and another face with feline features | 9'000$ ~ sold (May '06)
Africa | Group of four Lagoons area gold pendants; each in the form of a face, three probably Baule, and another Lagoons area with the face framed by a circle. | 9'600$ ~ sold (May '06)
Africa | Lost wax castings in gold of two identical beads in the form of aquatic shells. | Asante people. Royal Palace, Kumase, Ghana | 19th century (prior to 1874) || {3.56}
Akan goldweights were used as a measuring system by the Akan people of Africa. The gold weights were used as currency before money and coins were invented. Each goldweight has a known measurement and...
West Africa | Collection of 8 brass alloy bracelets, from the Gurunsi people of Burkina Faso and the Senufo people of Ivory Coast | Est. 100 - 400€ ~ (Sept '14)
