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Description : West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A collection of 32 cast brass scale weights for measuring gold. The majority are the style of circular and hemispherical shapes with overlapping discs or half discs and spiraling motifs, one of the more popular styles of forms in Ashanti culture. Several are angular trapezoidal shapes with raised veins like leaves or palm fronds. Two have integral loops for suspension, perhaps as pendants. The larger disc and other flattened pieces are hammered from brass sheets and decorated with incised motifs and repousse stippling. Adinkra are symbols in Ghana that represent proverbs or ideas, and these weights are cast into specific shapes to indicate these Adinkra aphorisms. Size (largest disc): 2.75 Diameter (7 cm), (smallest hemispherical piece): 1.125 L x 0.65 W (2.9 cm x 1.7 cm) Provenance: private Southern California collection, California, USA, acquired through descent 2006, ex-private California collection, USA, before 2000 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #134020
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