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Description: | CULT Ashanti prob. C19th or C20th Gold Coast Ghana Rectangle with raised geometric pattern showing spiral and semi-circle set between two opposing combs. A geometric design was common on the earliest Ashanti weights (from c.14th century) and continued to be used until the weights were removed from use in 1896. The geometric designs may have had a symbolic function, although this is yet to be ascertained. The geometric patterns on weights are believed to have been derived from a North African Islamic tradition. |
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 : 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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