Zoomorphic pendant · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3041501
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973)Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
Size
H: 12 cm
H: 4.7 inch
Description
gold, open worked corpus formed by fine grooved bands and concentric semi-circles, eyelets in pairs, minor missing parts in the cast, base;
fine grooved surface achieved by special technique with fine wax threads.
Among the Asante and certain neighboring Akan groups, gold jewellery and sculpture indicate wealth and status, but additionally may have religious or medicinal significance, offering spiritual or physical protection. Some gold beads and pendants may have had verbal equivalents in proverbs.