Gilded wooden replica of a diviner's iron gong ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti · ID: 3050604

Description

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.

The object Gilded wooden replica of a diviner’s iron gong with the object ID 3050604 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 178.

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Comparing literature

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