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Round, slightly oval, with a conical dent. Ornate with i.a. an arabetic, around a rife my party running pattern of cold wire laid slings. At the edge two pairs of loops intended for a carrying string, as well as two other committees. The miniature shield has as emblems and inviolability characters been caged in a band about the neck of the messengers of the konungs or the Grand Partridges. (Jmf. Globus 1906, p. 233). Diam. 9.1 cm. 9.6 cm. Kumasi Ashanti • The Gold Coast No. 37 Bronzes. Bronze objects, so-called gold weights, plastically cast figures, often depicting humans and animals, used as weights in gold trading. Information about Ashant gold weights see R. Zeller, “Die Goldgewichte von Asante” eine ethnologische Studie mit 21 Tafeln, Baesler-Archiv fur Völkerunde, Beiheft III, 1912. [ocr]
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Title: miniature shield, miniature, mrammou
Description:
Round, slightly oval, with a conical dent.
Ornate with i.
a.
an arabetic, around a rife my party running pattern of cold wire laid slings.
At the edge two pairs of loops intended for a carrying string, as well as two other committees.
The miniature shield has as emblems and inviolability characters been caged in a band about the neck of the messengers of the konungs or the Grand Partridges.
(Jmf.
Globus 1906, p.
233).
Diam.
9.
1 cm.
9.
6 cm.
Kumasi Ashanti • The Gold Coast No.
37 Bronzes.
Bronze objects, so-called gold weights, plastically cast figures, often depicting humans and animals, used as weights in gold trading.
Information about Ashant gold weights see R.
Zeller, “Die Goldgewichte von Asante” eine ethnologische Studie mit 21 Tafeln, Baesler-Archiv fur Völkerunde, Beiheft III, 1912.
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