Lot: 178

Réplique en bois doré d´un gong en fer

Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti

Provenance Taille Adjugé
German Private Collection H: 17,8 cm Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

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.


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