The details and feature of this bug have been finely preserved in bronze, from its tiny legs to the pattern of striations on the insect's shell. Having been 'cast from life' by an Akan goldsmith, the bronze bug would have been used to measure gold dust. From the fifteenth to nineteenth century, goldsmiths created gold weights in a variety of styles - such as figures, geometric shapes, or, as in this case, forms cast from the natural world.
Estimated Period: 19th Century
Length: 5cm
Height: 1.5cm
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