Fine Akan Goldweight

Description:

Fine Akan Goldweight, bronze goldweight depicting a Beisa antelope, the body rounded, swells at the ventral section, with pointed head and pricked ears, adorned with long, grooved arching horns that touch the tail, ht. 1 3/8 in.

Provenance: Newman Collection, New Jersey; purchased from J.J. Klejman, New York, October 1968.

Exhibitions: Asante Goldweights, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, February-April 1988.
Estimate $600-800


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