Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")

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Description

gold alloy, ca. 0,280 (6,72 carat), weight: 96,1 g, wax thread technique, cast defects on the transverse thread tunnel on the back

The concentrical circles are called “tadee” or ponds, for they remind of the circular waves occuring when an object is thrown into calm water. Research assumes a connection with the purifying rites of soul washing.

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Expertise

Nr. 84, Eidgenössisches Kontrollamt für Edelmetalle, Zurich, 11.1.1990

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Comparing literature

Museum Liaunig (Hg.), Das Gold der Akan, Neuhaus o.J., S. 30

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