Twenty Ashanti goldweights

Twenty Ashanti goldweights

Ghana

brass including three curved shields, with handles, the largest 5.4cm, a half shield, a stool, two cartridge belts, two oliphants, two fly whisks, a double bladed sword, a sword, two knot charms, a cluster of seed pods, a mask on a perspex base, a double pod charm, a ribbed staff and a group of two axes and a knife. (21)

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London, acquired in the 1960s.