Currency Necklace
Beads from Venice or Murano, made of glass and crystal, used as currency.
MND-21
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Currency Necklace
Necklace of ceramic beads used as barter currency.
MND-22
Currency Necklace
Necklace of Venetian or Murano beads, used as barter currency.
MND-23
Currency Bracelets
Bracelets known as manillas, used as currency in transactions across much of Africa during the 19th century and well into the 20th…
MND-24
Weight Depicting a Leopard Hunt
Weight representing a man hunting a leopard with his sword.
PDP-1
Weight Depicting Perched Birds
Birds perched on a branch. Unity is strength.
PDP-2
Weight Depicting a Woman Feeding Her Birds
Scene of a woman feeding her domestic birds. "I feed you today so that you feed me tomorrow."
PDP-3
Knot Weight
A bond signifies enduring union: friendship, love, marriage or an irrevocable promise.
PDP-4
Loop Weight
A bond signifies a strong union such as friendship, love, marriage or an irrevocable promise.
APO-10
Weight Depicting a Hen with Her Chicks
The chicken with her chicks is the symbol of maternal love.
PDP-5
Bull Weight
The bull is a symbol of bravery and strength.
PDP-6
Weight Depicting a Leopard with Its Prey
The leopard is a good hunter, fast and intelligent.
PDP-7
Weight Depicting a Woman Healing Her Son
A woman healing her son by blowing air into his anus. A typical figure in African statuary.
PDP-8
Turtle Weight with a Bird
The turtle carries a bird on its back while the bird removes the parasites with its beak.
PDP-9
Crocodile With Fish
The crocodile, a mythical animal among many African peoples, is an excellent fisherman.
PDP-10
Woman Preparing Food
Scene of a woman preparing food.
PDP-11
Fish Weight
Representation of a fish imagined by the artist. Most fish-shaped weights have proverbial meaning.
PFG-17
Sawfish
Representation of a sawfish.
PFG-18
Allegorical Weight
It is a weight that represents an akan allegory of difficult interpretation.
PFG-7
Ty Wara Mask Weight
Stylized representation of a male Ty Wara mask of the Bambara of Mali.
PFG-8
Pesa Crocodile
The crocodile is a mythical animal among the Baule, abundant in the rivers and lagoons of Côte d’Ivoire.
PFG-9
Ibis weight
Representation of an ibis.
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Pipes and Fish Weights
Two fish and two pipes. These bronze weights are made by the lost-wax process.
PFG-10
Fish Weights
Representation of two different types of fish as imagined by the metal caster.
PFG-11
