Close-up view of an Akan Ashanti lost-wax cast brass gold weight depicting a male figure with clasped hands, Ghana, showing stylised facial features and worn surface patina from the Egon Guenther Collection.

Ashanti Figural Gold Weight for Sale – Standing Male Figure, Lost Wax Cast Brass, Ghana (Akan Culture)

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Close-up view of an Akan Ashanti lost-wax cast brass gold weight depicting a male figure with clasped hands, Ghana, showing stylised facial features and worn surface patina from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Close-up view of an Akan Ashanti lost-wax cast brass gold weight depicting a male figure with clasped hands, Ghana, showing stylised facial features and worn surface patina from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Cast brass Akan gold weight depicting a human figure with clasped hands and pronounced facial features, produced by the lost-wax casting method in Ghana, mounted on a modern display base, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Side view of an Akan brass goldweight depicting a standing human figure with pronounced facial features, cast using the lost-wax technique in Ghana, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Akan lost-wax cast brass goldweight depicting a male figure with praying hands, Ghana, used within the historic gold trade system, from the Egon Guenther Collection and later the Thomas Guenther Collection.
  • Rear view of an Akan lost-wax cast brass goldweight in the form of a standing human figure, features, rounded torso, and crossed shoulder ornament, Ghana, from the Egon Guenther Collection and later the Thomas Guenther Collection.
  • Right side view of an Akan lost-wax cast brass goldweight depicting a male figure with prominent beard and clasped hands in a prayerful pose, Ashanti culture, Ghana, from the Egon Guenther Collection by family descent to the Thomas Guenther Collection.
  • Rear three-quarter view of an Akan lost-wax cast brass goldweight depicting a human figure with clasped hands in a prayer or supplication posture, showing the coiffure, shoulders, arms, and compact seated form, Ashanti region, Ghana, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Close-up view of an Akan Ashanti lost-wax cast brass gold weight depicting a male figure with clasped hands, Ghana, showing stylised facial features and worn surface patina from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Cast brass Akan gold weight depicting a human figure with clasped hands and pronounced facial features, produced by the lost-wax casting method in Ghana, mounted on a modern display base, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Side view of an Akan brass goldweight depicting a standing human figure with pronounced facial features, cast using the lost-wax technique in Ghana, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Akan lost-wax cast brass goldweight depicting a male figure with praying hands, Ghana, used within the historic gold trade system, from the Egon Guenther Collection and later the Thomas Guenther Collection.
  • Rear view of an Akan lost-wax cast brass goldweight in the form of a standing human figure, features, rounded torso, and crossed shoulder ornament, Ghana, from the Egon Guenther Collection and later the Thomas Guenther Collection.
  • Right side view of an Akan lost-wax cast brass goldweight depicting a male figure with prominent beard and clasped hands in a prayerful pose, Ashanti culture, Ghana, from the Egon Guenther Collection by family descent to the Thomas Guenther Collection.
  • Rear three-quarter view of an Akan lost-wax cast brass goldweight depicting a human figure with clasped hands in a prayer or supplication posture, showing the coiffure, shoulders, arms, and compact seated form, Ashanti region, Ghana, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
Ashanti Figural Gold Weight for Sale – Standing Male Figure, Lost Wax Cast Brass, Ghana (Akan Culture)

Ashanti Figural Gold Weight for Sale – Standing Male Figure, Lost Wax Cast Brass, Ghana (Akan Culture)

€130.00
€130.00
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This Akan (Ashanti) figural gold weight depicts a standing male figure with the arms held together before the body. Figurative gold weights formed an important category within the Akan gold-weight system, which developed alongside the extensive gold-dust trade of present-day Ghana and neighbouring regions. Such figures often represented social roles, occupations, leadership, status, or proverbial concepts familiar within Akan society, although the specific meaning of individual examples is not always known.

Cast using the traditional lost-wax process, the figure displays the simplified modelling and individuality associated with historic Ashanti brass casting. Surface wear, handling marks, and a naturally developed patina are consistent with age and use. Figural examples remain among the most desirable categories of Akan gold weights due to their artistic character, historical significance, and direct association with the gold trade of West Africa.

Reference Literature: Collectors seeking further information may consult African Miniatures: The Gold Weights of the Ashanti by Margaret Webster Plass (1967) and Akan Weights and the Gold Trade by Timothy F. Garrard (Legon History Series, 1980), both recognised references on Akan gold weights, symbolism, manufacture, and historical trade practices.

Circa: Late 19th to Early 20th Century

Provenance: Egon Guenther Collection, by family descent to Thomas Guenther Collection, Netherlands.

Measurements: 4.6 × 2.01 × 1.8 cm

Weight: 38 g

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