Gold-Weighing Weights: Swastikas
Old weights depicting different types of swastika, a cross derived from Sanskrit writing of the 5th century BCE.
PGM-2
Côte d’Ivoire
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Akan Gold-Weighing Weights
Akan gold-weighing weights from Baule country. Two weights measure 2.5 cm and the smallest 2.00 cm.
PGM-3
Insect weights
The larger insect measures 4.8 cm and the smaller 4.7 cm.
PFG-3
Insect weight
Lifelike representation of a large fly.
PFG-5
Kpinlin bracelet
Bracelet made using the lost-wax method, consisting of four superimposed circular crowns.
PYB-7
Bird Ring
Old bronze ring from the village of Sakassou, a stronghold of Baule culture.
ANLL-5
Bracelet
Everyday bracelet made using the lost-wax method. Old patina from use and the passage of time.
PYB-8
Bracelet with Three Pellet Bells
Everyday bronze bracelet with three rattles or pellet bells producing soft sounds, used by women in ritual ceremonies and dances.
PYB-9
Royal Necklace
Royal necklace of ceremony intended for the dignitaries of the court at important ceremonies.
CYA-5
Bracelet with Five Pellet Bells
Bracelet for wearing, with grooves and five pellet bells or rattles.
PYB-10
Bracelet
Small solid-bronze bracelet made using the lost-wax method. A central band has an ear-of-grain design.
PYB-12
Pendant
Fine lost-wax and filigree work. Rectangles with Akan geometric motifs.
CYA-6
Bracelet
Small, heavy and artistic Bété bracelet. Its body is striated and forms cords.
PYB-24
Ring with Two Cones
Dignitary’s ring with two striated cones pointing in opposite directions.
ANLL-9
Amulet Ring
Simple ring made of two twisted copper threads. This type of amulet ring is used in most ethnicities of West Africa.
ANLL-10
Rifle Slingshot
Slingshot from the colonial period, used by children to hunt birds and small animals.
TRCH-17
Slingshot with a Male Figure
The slingshot depicts a young man with hair combed back, wearing a short-sleeved polo shirt and shorts in the European style of…
TRCH-18
Janus Slingshot
Small slingshot handle with two opposing Janus-like heads: the female face has a forehead scarification, the male one wrinkles on the forehead.
TRCH-19
Comb
Plain seven-toothed comb commonly used to hold the hair of high-ranking women of the Akan group.
PNS-20
Mouse Oracle
Of all the divinatory practices employed in Africa, one of the most well-known in the Western world is undoubtedly the oracle of…
OYA-9
Baston of Ceremony
In most African countries, canes of ceremony are objects that involve great solemnity.
BST-18
Baston of Ceremony
In most African countries, canes of ceremony are objects that involve great solemnity.
BST-19
Tirachinas Bonu Amwin
Slingshots or slingshots, depending on the region, are actually a small, sling-like, first weapon capable of injuring or killing remotely.
TRCH-20
Slingshot
SIMPLE SLINGSHOT REPRESENTING AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC SILHOUETTE.
TRCH-21
