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Akan group, Kwahu sub-group, Ghana, African

19th century

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Carved wooden mask with mud packed fiber wig and woven neck piece. Mask used in initiation ritual.
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Gold Weight in the Form of a Shell, Asante people or, Baule people, Akan group, Ghana or, Côte d'Ivoire, African, brass
One of four staffs used to deliniate an area around a royal when he appears in public. Decorated with kneeling female figures with hands on breasts, alternated with knelling male drummers, at top birds and a python, below figures are quadrupeds, possibly goats, symbols of wealth.