Photographs © Matt Mrachek
ASANTE (ASHANTI), Ceremonial Sword 2, 41", $600, Ghana
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.
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