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Miniature 18th/19th Century Bronze Gold Weight of Animal with Twisted Horns

Akan,Ghana. SOLD

Fine Miniature Bronze Gold Weight of Animal With Twisted Horns. Akan Culture, Ghana

This finely cast miniature bronze gold weight depicts a fabled antelope with long, twisted horns. Cast by Akan goldsmiths, small gold weights (mrammou) such as this were used to weigh gold dust - the currency of the Akan and potent symbol of kra (life-force) - between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries.

H: 3.2cm

Estimated Period: 18th/19th Century

Ex Private Collection, UK

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