Group of four containers "forowa"

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Description

brass sheet, three containers of round form in various sizes, one rectangular box with fastener, each rising from a foot, partly in openwork design, decorated with chiselled and chased motifs, slightly dam., bottom of the rectangular box loosened, in some places min. deformed rims, traces of corrosion (inside);
these receptacles were used for storing and heating sheabutter, which played an important role as a cosmetic, a fuel and as a foodstuff. Sometimes they were used for storing gold dust as well.

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Comparing literature

Graffenried von, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 63

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