19th Century Gold Weight Depicting a Bird Catching a Snake. Akan Culture, Ghana

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This relatively large gold weight depicts a bird sitting on a coiled snake and about to attack. Cast in a dark copper alloy with a smooth surface.

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Ex Private Collection, UK

Estimated Period: 19th Century

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Length: 8.5cm

NBN.AHO

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