WEIGHTS, SCALES, & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1890, a brass spoon or saawa "used to carry gold dust to the scale in a financial tran...

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1890, a lot of two brass spoons or saawas, one of which is more of a scoop, the other with an

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1820-1890, a fine brass gold dust box, a Koudouo, with incised designs throughout, nice old patina

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of fifty-two small "geometric" weights in square, triangular, recta...

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of seven mostly larger than the above "geometric" weights in differ...

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a direct casting of an insect by the lost wax process, in this case a wood beetle, a

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a direct casting of an insect by the lost wax process, in this case a locust, L: 5 c

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a direct casting of a stone crab claw. L: 4 cm. See Garrard, p. 291, pl. 46. Bouah, p

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of two direct castings: a seed pod and a peanut. L: 6, 4 cm. See Garrard, p. 2

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashante Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a very unusual casting of a mouse eating a direct casting of a peanut. The mouse was

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of four different scimitars; one with two baboon heads, another with a small s

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a fine Ashante weight in the form or a stool with five legs. W: 3.5 cm. See Bouah pp

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a fine Ashante weight in the form or a ritual adze. L: 6.5 cm.    $50

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a fine Ashante weight in the form of a bowl with sun symbolism. The lot comes with a

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of two brass weights in the form of knots, one the nyansa po or knot of intell

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a fine Ashanti weight in the form of a winged ornament; along with a rectangular lid

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. two fine Ashantl brass weights in the form of a European flint-lock rifle. L: 6-7 cm

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. an outstanding sculpture of a native man seated on a stool-like saddle atop a standi

WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of five brass weights each with a bird, some examples with two birds. The smal

WEST AFRICA, IVORY COAST (COTE D'IVOIRE), Baule Tribe, c. 1900-1925, a lot of three similar bird weights with a darker patina typical of Baule ...