Ashanti Bronze Gold Weight

Horizontal ribs march from a central spine, with a small bead at the middle.

This Ashanti bronze gold weight is Ashanti, from Ghana, West Africa. Many Akan gold weights are linked to proverbs, so that a figure may call to mind a saying about wisdom, power or community. In form, a squarish plaque is covered in rows of rounded ridges on each side of a raised vertical band with a small oval boss. The surface is silvery grey with golden highlights in the grooves. It is 1.75 inches wide and 1.63 high.

Corrugated, confident and surprisingly dapper in pale grey.