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19th C Arkan Gold Weight Cast as Bird

19th C Arkan Gold Weight Cast as Bird

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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: African: Sculpture: Pre 1900: Item # 1397313

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An Akan gilt metal gold weight cast as a bird on round tapering base. The Akan gold weights are quite unique in the world for their forms. Their weights are so distinguished by their shape that they are now considered decorative art forms only few inches in size. Historically, they were used for measuring gold dust, which was circulating as currency in Ghana and Ivory Coast among the Akans from the 15th until the end of the 19th century. Measures 2.75 inches high and dates late 1800s.