Ashanti weight in the form of a bird and snake

PART OF:: Eighty-four Ashanti weights in cast brass

Made:: West Africa

One of 84 Ashanti brass weights in the form of a bird being

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One of 84 Ashanti brass weights in the form of a bird being
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One of 84 Ashanti brass weights in the form of a bird being attacked by a coiled snake.

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Category:: Weighing & Measuring

Object Number:: 1943-192/17

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

type:: gold weight (ashanti)

credit:: Major W.R. Gosling

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Ashanti weight in the form of a bird and snake

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