Goldweight Standing Man with Cannon - Abramwo - Akan - Ashanti - Asante - Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast (No Reserve Price)

Original, unique, special, antique, good patina of use, detailed, good tribal use AKAN ASHANTI ASANTE bronze or brass FIGURATIVE GOLD WEIGHT from Ghana, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
STANDING MAN CROSSED LEGS WITH GUN AND PIPE.
Gold weight. Gold weight.
Uniquely detailed, look at the face, hand and feet; and the cannon.
Made with the lost shape method, lost wax, cire perdue, lost wax method.
African bronze. With matching custom-made stand or pedestal.
Wear and signs of use consistent with tribal use. Unique patina of use, soft to the touch.
The left arm was broken off a long time ago to bring the weight to the correct tribal weight to use. Another evidence of good tribal use as a gold weight.
As a counterweight to small scales or balances. All this before 1900, when the use of gold weights as currency was banned and replaced by coins.
Weight 21. 9 grams. Dimensions 5. 0 x 2. 9 x 2. 1 cm.
For dimensions and color also compare with the coins.
Comes from a Dutch private collection, previously an old German collection.
See photos, which are part of the description.
Will be shipped registered and insured with track and trace.
Can also be picked up in Leiden, the Netherlands.