Double Crocodile Weight
Akan · Ghana
Reference: PFG-13
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- Height
- 5 cm
- Material
- Bronze
Weights or ornaments with a double crocodile are a typical representation akan, extended in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. It symbolizes male and female duality. However,…
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Full original description
Weights or ornaments with a double crocodile are a typical representation akan, extended in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. It symbolizes male and female duality. However, a single crocodile represents the powerful man. The crocodile is also the animal that establishes the relationship between land and water. It weighs ccon proverbial value: We have several mouths, but one belly. Old patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 6 cm
- Attributed period
- Century XIX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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