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Description : **First Time At Auction** West Africa, Central Ghana, Ashanti culture, ca. 19th century CE. A petite brass weight, produced via the lost wax process, shaped in a characteristic rectangular form with an abstract linear motif which could be representative of textile patterning. Weights have been used to measure gold dust since the Pre-European 1400s. According to the African Art Museum The Ashanti are credited, however, with introducing representational art to this genre -- so anything depicting a person or animal, post-1700, can rightly be called an Ashanti gold weight. Size: 0.625 W x 1.05 H (1.6 cm x 2.7 cm). Provenance: private Allen Davis collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #121672
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