Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 547
An Ashanti goldweight
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
An Ashanti goldweight
Ghana
brass, cast from a crabs claw,
3.5cm high, on a perspex mount,
eleven Ashanti goldweights including six snails on a stick, a geometric cross, animals and birds, and a Senufo ring with a sheathed dagger, a brass pipe bowl, an Ivory Coast brass currency bracelet, an Ashanti nut shell medallion carved a figure holding a comb, and a brass stencil print block. (17)
Provenance
Gimpel Fils, London, acquired in the 1960s.