WEIGHT for weighing GOLD POWDER representing a CHICKEN - Akan culture, Ghana - 19th century

WEIGHT for weighing GOLD POWDER depicting a finely detailed CHICKEN, holding a small fish in its beak. Its plumage is entirely striated with straight and oblique lines. Its legs rest on a stepped rectangular base.

Akan culture, Ghana, 19th century

Brass

H.: 9; Length: 8.5 cm

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