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18th/19th Century Gold Weight. Akan Culture, Ghana
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This large Akan brass gold weight depicts two birds perched on a tiered pyramid-shaped base. Facing each other, the two birds are joined together by the tips of their touching beaks.

Estimated Period: 19th Century to early 20th

Length: 6 cm

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Akan Culturegold weight Antique - Ghana - late 19th to early 20th 

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Achyuta Deva Raya (1529–1542)

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