Weight Lace
A bond means a solid union such as friendship, love, marriage or the given word that has no backsliding.
APO-10
Côte d’Ivoire
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Bull Weight
The bull is a symbol of bravery and strength.
PDP-6
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
Crocodile With Fish
The crocodile, a mythical animal in many African ethnicities, 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
Pesa Crocodile
Representation of a mythical animal crocodile baulé and abundant in the rivers and lagoons of Côte d'Ivoire.
PFG-9
Pipes and Fish Weights
Representation of two fish and two pipes. All these bronze weights are made by the procedure of lost wax.
PFG-10
Fish Weights
Representation of two different types of fish as imagined by the metal caster.
PFG-11
Domestic Scenes
Various domestic scenes: a woman winnowing grain, another piling up millet, and a man with his basket under his arm and a…
PFG-12
Rectangular Weight
Rectangular gold-weighing weight from the arithmetic series.
PGM-38
Miscellaneous Parts
Various geometric weights.
PGM-7
Geometric weight
Weight in the shape of a rectangular prism.
PGM-8
Akan Gold-Weighing Spoons
Several spoons to take the gold and put it in the scales.
APO-13
Akan Gold-Weighing Spoons
Several small spoons for placing gold dust on the scales to be weighed.
APO-14
Diamond-Shaped Weight
Diamond-shaped weight with relief spirals placed face to face, their elongated arms touching in pairs.
PGM-39
Mask Passport
Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region.
MPS-17
Mask Passport
Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region.
MPS-18
Mask Passport
Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region.
MPS-19
Mask Passport
Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region.
MPS-20
Mask Passport
Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region.
MPS-21
Mask Passport
Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region.
MPS-24
Mask Passport
Small masks also called “San Cristóbal”. They are employed by travellers travelling abroad or outside their region.
MPS-27
