Figural goldweight: two greeting men ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3039394

Description

brass, slight traces of corrosion;
proverb: “They have ended up like Amoako and Adu”, used as an expression of reproach for wasted opportunities. Amaoko and Adu parted in their youth and in old age met again to find that they were as poor as when they started out.

Littérature comparée

von Graffenried, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 119, pl. 31