An Ashanti gold dust container forowa

An Ashanti gold dust container forowa

Ghana

brass, with chased decoration of birds and geometric designs, with a cover,

13.5cm high,

three Ashanti brass gold dust scoops, three Ashanti brass gold dust spoons, two sets of brass weighing scales, an Ashanti brass pot, the cover with a flintlock pistol, and an Ashanti brass model of a drum. (13)

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London, acquired in the 1960s.