This rare Akan gold weight depicts a fabled antelope, it has an unusual feature which I have not seen before in a gold weight, namely, the inclusion of two hornbill birds perched on the antelope's spiral-shaped horns.
The weight is larger than normal in comparison to other Akan gold weights, and the surface of the piece is smooth and worn where it has been handled.
Ex Romy Rey Collection, London
Estimated Period: 19th Century
Length: 9cm
Height: 7.5cm
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