Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art - 10th February 2015
Lot 91
Ten Ashanti brass figural gold weights
Estimate £40 - £60 | Hammer £220
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Description
Ten Ashanti brass figural gold weights, 13cm the tallest, four Nigerian brass hip masks, a brass pounding figure with mortar, a thick brass bangle, a clay pipe bowl modelled a head, a bowl, a brass pipe bowl, two entwined brass and copper bangles and rings, a brass ring, a stone bangle, a brass and iron horse bit and three barbed spear tips. (29)
Provenance:
Frederick Myatt, author of The Golden Stool, Ashanti 1900.