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Gilded wooden replica of a diviner's iron gong - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti

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Gilded wooden replica of a diviner's iron gong - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti

Item Details

Description

wood, gold leaf, 24 carat, 15 grams,

A comparable object, together with mallet, published by Ross, 2002, p. 230, ill. 8.14.

Such gold-covered wooden replicas of various objects were part of the sacred family heritage "aja", which was stored in chests and bundles. This also included solid cast gold ornaments, unworked gold nuggets and gold dust, as well as cash, valuable cloths and ancestral stools.
H: 17,8 cm, H: 7,0 inch

Provenance:
German Private Collection

Lit.: Ross, Doran H., Gold of the Akan from the Glassell Collection, Houston 2002, p. 230, ill. 8.14
Continent: Africa

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Gilded wooden replica of a diviner's iron gong - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti

Name: Gilded wooden replica of a diviner's iron gong - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
SKU: 174170519
Price: 450 EUR
Availability: InStock