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Fanti Bronze Spoon for Measuring Gold - PF.3733
Origin: Southern Ghana
Circa: 19
th
Century AD
to 20
th
Century AD
Dimensions:
8.5" (21.6cm) high
x 2" (5.1cm) wide
Collection: African
Medium: Bronze
$1,200.00
Location: United States
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This remarkable spoon attests to the skill and
craftsmanship still abundant in Africa. It is
slightly larger than the average utility spoon due
to the fact that it is for the measuring of gold.
On the top is an image of a man who is holding
either a musical instrument of some kind or his
own beard. The mouth of the spoon is carefully
decorated with various geometric patterns and
includes a twisted rope pattern around the edge.
The back of the spoon is also decorated and
suggests a phallic connection.
Today's measuring utensils bear no comparison
to this remarkable spoon. Both time and effort
have been taken to create a genuine work of art
out of bronze, an old and traditional material
which we connect with the past. It is with such a
connection that we ourselves, become a part of
that past.
- (PF.3733)
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