ASANTE (ASHANTI) KNIFE / BELL 5, GHANA

Photographs © Tim Hamill

ASANTE (ASHANTI), CEREMONIAL KNIFE / BELL 5,
13", $150
SOLD

Asante ceremonial objects, like their stools, indicate status, power and succession of chiefs and kings. Held or displayed in public rituals and appearances they functioned as royal sceptres, symbolic swords and knives. Numbers 5 and 7 are also functional bells with their original clappers.

Rear Views of 5, 6 and 7

 

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