I am not sure, if this is a genuine Akan casting or even goldweight. Although I bought it in 1974 in Ghana I have doubts if this is not a fake.
Category Archives: Household Articles
Blowpans, Spoons, 1 Plyer and Scales
Sheanut Butter Containers
Number 11 
Kuduos and other pots
Container Number 4 has a diameter of 22 cm. It has got three crocodiles. A very similar container is shown on page 314 ff of Robert Sutherland Rattray’s ASHANTI, published in 1923. It also has got the crocodiles but different patterns as decoration on the side.
small tin boxes
1 
3 
4 
2 
Boxes
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
1 
2 
3 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
1 
3 
2 
4 
5 
6 
3 
1 
2 
boxes without lid and lids without boxes
Knots and strainers, strainers
Knots and strainers, similar to knots
1 to 4 from right to left 
5 to 9 from right to left 
Knots and strainers, bundles of strings
1 
2 
8 
3 + 4 
5 to 7 
unnumbered items
Knots and strainers, wisdom knots
1 to 5 from right to left 
6 to 10 from right to left
11 to 15 from right to left
16 and 17 from right to left
Sandals
Elephant-tail wisks
1+5 
2+3+4 
Fans 2
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Fans 1
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Chairs, stools, backrests
1 
2 
4 
3 
5 
6 
7 
1 
2 
3 
items without number
items without number
Ovare gameboards, oillamps
1 
2 
7 
3 
6 
5 
4 
Bellows and hammers
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
items (hammers) without numbers
Cutlasses, hoes and a plyer
8, 1 and 2 from left to right 
3 to 6 from left to right 
7 
unnumbered items 
Axes 2
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
Axes 1
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 