Eight goldweights: birds ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036293

Description

brass, with patina, two pairs of birds on frame (trap?), several species of birds: hornbill, ibis, chicken, head of a cock;
proverb combined with the hornbill: “The great hornbill, I have lifted myself up, so the smaller ones should bow down” (said by the town crier when a paramount chief approaches his subordinate chiefs).