Sujet
Gold Weight : Antelope, 1800s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Gold Weight : Antelope, 1800s. The wealth and power of the Asante kingdom was derived primarily from its massive gold resources. Since at least 1600, small weights in brass and bronze were used to weight gold dust and nuggets. The royal court had the most elaborate store of weights, while commoners often had about a dozen. Their imagery falls into two broad cateogries: geometric and representational. The latter often refers to proverbs, which used judiciously, marked a wise person. The weight in the form of an antelope with enormous horns may refer to the proverb "had I known" -- a visual pun between the length of the horns and the idea of hindsight as perfect vision.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F84_213
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
56,6Mo (1,7Mo) / 39,7cm x 35,7cm / 4694 x 4218 (300dpi)