Goldweight: Leopard · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3038358
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Size
H: 4 cm
L: 14,5 cm
H: 1.6 inch
L: 5.7 inch
Description
brass, massive work, suckling her offspring, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
among the Asante and Fante, leopards have long been identified with chieftaincy. The virtues of the leopard, its strength, fearlessness and courage were attributes ascribed to an effective ruler and numerous proverbs characterize this symbolic congruity.
The object Goldweight: Leopard with the object ID 3038358 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 224.
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