Gold weight - Pangolin - Proverb - Abrammuo - Mrammuo - Akan

Akan, Ashanti, Asante, Antique Gold Weight. Pangolin. Very rare in this quality. Gold weight. Figurative. Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa. With proverb: Don't sell me the meat of a pangolin. Used as a weight in trade; and for weighing dust gold and gold grains. Very African bronze miniature object, good antique quality, with unique details, with wear from tribal use. Great age. See also B. Menzel, Gold weights from Ghana, figure or photo 780 - 784. See also T. Phillips, African Goldweights, figure 265. See also A. Blandin, Bronzes et autres Alliages, page 201. Characteristic and traditional bronze object of the AKAN, ASHANTI, Ghana, West Africa. African bronze, lost-wax method, lost wax, cire perdue. Most likely 17th/18th/19th century. Beautiful tribal patina. Weighs 12.1 grams, dimensions 3.9 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm. For size comparison, compare with the coins. From an old and unique private collection. See photos, which are part of the description. Carefully packaged; and insured shipping with track and trace via PostNL. Can also be picked up in Leiden, Netherlands.

Estimate:$168.01

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