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Description: | CULT Ashanti probably C19th or C20th Gold Coast
Ghana Elaborate handle featuring two spheres and zoomorphic turtle, also rope banding around edge of blade. This weight may been intended to represent the Akafena, a ceremonial sword which was used by the Ashanti during the Stool Blackening ceremony. The sword was traditionally a symbol of bravery and heroism; it may also be representative of an Ashanti proverb connected to ideas of heroism, for example, "the retiring great warrior always has a royal sword of rest". | 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 | Go to resource |
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