Akan gold weights cast in copper are unusual to find. Heavy and large in size, this gold weight depicts a cockerel, with rows of fine semi-circular decorations representing the feathers of the bird. Dating back to the nineteenth-century, the surface of the gold weight has developed a beautiful verdigris patina in parts.
Height: 4cm
Width: 6cm
Estimated Period: 19th Century
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