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Description: | CULT Ashanti prob. C19th or C20th Gold Coast Ghana This peanut-shaped weight is an example of a proverb weight. The weight, therefore has a deeper symbolic meaning; it may relate to marriage as one Ashanti proverb states that "Marriage is like groundnuts; you have to crack them to see what's inside". |
License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ |
Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Subjects: | ABRAMMUO : ABRAMO : ASANTE : GOLD COAST : WEST AFRICA : ABRAMO : AKAN : |
Source: | Hunterian Museum |
Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... |
Language: | en-GB |
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