Gold weight - axe - tools - proverb - Abrammuo - Mrammuo - Akan

Akan, Ashanti, Asante, antique gold weight. Hatchet, tool. Gold weight. Figurative. Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Used as a weight in trade; and for weighing dust gold and gold grains. A particularly African bronze miniature object, good antique quality, with unique details, showing wear from tribal use. See also Brigitte Menzel, Gold weights from Ghana, figure 1121 - 1127. WITH PROVERBS: If the knife will not cut, apply the axe. Or: If a gentle approach fails, you must employ heavier metal. Or: Soft doctors make filthy wounds. Or: You must strike at the root of the problem. Characteristic and traditional bronze object from the AKAN, ASHANTI, Ghana, West Africa. African bronze, Lost-Wax technique, cire perdue. Most likely 18th/19th century. Beautiful tribal patina. Weighs 14.1 grams, dimensions 4.7 x 3.6 x 0.6 cm. For size comparison, assess against coins. From an old and unique private collection. See photos, which are part of the description. Carefully packaged; and insured shipping with tracking via PostNL. Can also be picked up in Leiden, the Netherlands.

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