Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 544
An Ashanti gold dust container forowa
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £60
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Description
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.