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Description: | CULT Ashanti probably C19th or C20th Gold Coast Ghana The highly stylised representation of twin crocodiles who share one body is believed to show the Ashanti belief in political democracy. This iconography may also have a proverbial significance; that people should work together rather than against one another. The additional loops of metal around one of the crocodile's tails was presumably done in order to increase the weight. |
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 : ETHNO4R_2007 : 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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