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THBTrio 20th C Ashanti Brassworks & Burkina Faso Iron Hook
Lot 94
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring historical examples from the American, Spanish, and Mexican frontiers, as well as Native American, Ethnographic, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, more. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti culture, ca. early to mid 20th century CE / West Africa, Burkina Faso, ca. 20th century CE. A lovely set of three brass examples from the Ashanti peoples and one iron figural hook from Burkina Faso. The Ashanti pieces consist of two cast-brass petite masks and one cast-brass figure used to measure and weigh gold. Both masks display elaborate headdresses above coffee bean-shaped eyes, flat noses, full lips, tripartite beards, and top loops through which they are suspended on modern strands to be worn as necklaces. The figural gold weight depicts a slender man with attenuated limbs wearing a conical hat and a loin cloth while holding a weapon of some kind. Largest of the four, the zoomorphic hook is made of iron and shown standing with arms straight out before him. Long antlers or ears rise above his angry face, which presents with four rectangular teeth, a triangular nose, annular eyes, and an arched brow. A lengthy brass wire protrudes from his posterior and tapers at the end, acting dually as a tail and a clothing hook, while a shorter wire extends from the front of his torso representing a phallus . Size of largest: 7.25" W x 7.375" H (18.4 cm x 18.7 cm)
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; Ashanti masks: ex-Estate of Barbara Goldsmith, New York City, New York, USA
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#161041Ashanti masks strung on modern strands to be wearable. All pieces are intact and excellent with rich patina.Condition
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