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African Goldweights: Miniature Sculptures from Ghana 1400 - 1900 by Tom Phillips (Hardcover, 2010)

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Over 600 years ago the Akan started to make brass weights for weighing gold dust, the currency of their region in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Eventually they produced the most complete three dimensional inventory of any culture in history.Virtually every animal, bird, fish or object known to them became the subject of a miniature sculpture. Human figures are represented in the activities of everyday life and sacred or courtly rituals, together with pioneer casts from nature and a wealth of abstract and ornamental designs. The artist Tom Phillips has, in the last thirty years, built up the world's most comprehensive collection of these lively and imaginative artefacts and here presents a selection of more than 500 chosen for their artistry and interest, accompanied by a full descriptive text about their history, styles and modes of manufacture.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hansjorg Mayer
ISBN-13
9780500976968
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95593567

Product Key Features

Book Title
African Goldweights: Miniature Sculptures from Ghana 1400-1900
Author
Tom Phillips
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
188 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
225mm
Item Width
245mm
Item Weight
1230g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Tom Phillips
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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