Provenance: Private collection. F.d.G in NL / Tribal Art Treasures
This brass hand made leopard is made using the lost-wax method in Ghana, Africa. It is made by the Ashanti tribe and is in a good condition. Provenance: Private collection. F.d.G in NL / Tribal…
Akan/Ashanti goldweight figures were used as a measuring system by the Akan tribes of West-Africa. The gold weights were used to weigh gold dust which was used as currency before money and coins were…
This round Akan terracotta ancestral head with a rope around it, is a well executed head and served as stylized funerary portraits and memorials for the Akan peoples of Ghana. Provenance: Private coll…
A hand made Akan comb with carvings of ladders. Wooden carved combs were worn by the Akan people from West-Africa. The combs could be given as a gift and were also presented at marriages. A woman coul…
With the world's highest birthrate of twins, the Yoruba people are well known for their Ibeji twin figures. They believe that twins have special powers and share their soul. If one of these twins dies…