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Rare Akan Ruler’s Royal Gilded Elbow Amulet
Akan (Ashanti or Asante People), Ghana 19th century
height (including thick cord): 18.8cm, width of leather amulet: 7.2cm, depth of leather amulet: 5.8cm, weight: 196g
Provenance
London art market
Akan Brass Domed Box (Forowa)
Akan People, Ghana 19th-early 20th century
height: 16.9cm, diameter: approximately 13.3cm, weight: 341g
Provenance
UK art market
Akan Gold Dust Spoons (Nsawa), Box & Weights
Akan People, Ghana 19th century
length of spoons: 9.3, 10.5, 17 and 19.3cm, diameter of round box: 7.3cm, combined weight: 223g
Provenance
UK art market
Akan Brass Rectangular Box (Forowa)
Akan People, Ghana 19th-early 20th century
height: 12.7cm, width: 14.8cm, depth: 10.4cm, weight: 456g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptional, Large Strand of European & African Trade Beads for the West African Market
Trade Beads for the West African Market beads date from ancient to circa 1920
circumference: approximately 82cm, diameter of the white core marble bead: 3.8cm, weight: 404g
Provenance
private collection, Canada. The collection was carefully assembled over the last 50 years.
Akan Carved Wooden King or Chief Figure
Asante (Ashanti) sub-group of the Akan people, Ghana early 20th century and possibly earlier
height: 30.8cm, width: 7.4cm, depth: 14.2cm, weight: 560g
Provenance
UK art market
Akan Carved Wooden Queen Mother Figure
Asante (Ashanti) sub-group of the Akan people, Ghana early 20th century and possibly earlier
height: 33.1cm, width: 8.5cm, depth: 13.3cm, weight: 635g
Provenance
UK art market
Ashanti Chief’s Brass-Covered Asipim Chair
Ashanti (Asante) People, Ghana 19th century
width: 50.2cm, height: 93.4cm, depth (seat only, excluding the inclining back-rest): 47cm
Provenance
UK art market
Ashanti Carved Wooden Comb (Duafe)
Akan-Ashanti People, Ghana late 19th century-early 20th century
length: 34.1cm, width: 11.9cm, depth: 1.2cm, weight: 227g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Unusual Ashanti Carved Wooden Articulated Comb (Duafe)
Akan-Ashanti People, Ghana late 19th century-early 20th century
height: 34.7cm, width: 12cm, weight: 192g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Early, Ashanti Gold Weight Modelled on a Bifurcated Knife (Afenata)
Ashanti People, Ghana 17th century
length: 12.3cm, width: 8.2cm, weight: 107g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Akan Cast Brass Peanut Ring or Pendant
Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast 18th-19th century
height: 5cm, weight: 16g
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, acquired 1960-81
Akan Cast Brass ‘Seed Pod Cluster’ Ring with Traces of Gilding
Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast 18th-19th century
width: 4cm, weight: 13g
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, acquired 1960-81
Akan Cast Brass ‘Sword Hilt’ Ring
Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast 18th-19th century
height: 4.5cm, weight: 22g
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, acquired 1960-81
Ashanti Cast Brass “Double Crocodile” Ring, Ghana
Ashanti, Ghana 18th-19th century
diameter of bezel: 4.7cm, weight: 35g
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, acquired 1960-81
Cast Brass ‘Chief’s Stool’ Ring with Traces of Gilding
Akan People, Ghana/Ivory Coast 18th-19th century
height: 4cm, weight: 40g
Provenance
Private Collection, Germany, acquired 1960-81
Ashanti Carved Wooden Fertility Doll (Akuaba)
Ashanti/Asante People, Ghana 19th century
height: 27.3cm, width: 11.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; the base with an old label for 'Ratton, Paris'.
Ashanti Cast Brass Pendant & Brass Bead Necklace
Asante/Ashanti, Ghana, West Africa early 20th century
length of pendant: 12.5cm, length of chain: 66cm, weight: 193g
Provenance
UK art market