Carved From A Single Handcrafted Asante Gold Weight Container Circa 1900-4168

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Carved From A Single Handcrafted Asante Gold Weight Container Circa 1900-21.3/8.4 CM
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Carved From A Single Handcrafted Asante Gold Weight Container Circa 1900-21.3/8.4 CM
kuduo container from the Ashanti peoples of Ghana. Kuduo were created to store valuable possessions such as gold dust and served the symbolic purpose of safeguarding their owners' kra, or lifeforce. They played an essential role in ceremonies intended to maintain the spiritual well-being of those who owned them. At life's end, kuduo were left at their owners' burial sites along with other personal possessions. If the kuduo belonged to a paramount chief, it would accompany his ceremonially blackened stool in a special room devoted to his spirit and memory. The refers to the saying wodi esono akyiri a hasuo nnka wo: "one who follows the track of the never gets wet from the dew on the bushes." which suggests that the safest place to find
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21.3/8.4 CM
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An original patina covers the item
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kuduo container from the Ashanti peoples of Ghana. Kuduo were created to store valuable possessions such as gold dust and served the symbolic purpose of safeguarding their owners' kra, or lifeforce. They played an essential role in ceremonies intended to maintain the spiritual well-being of those who owned them. At life's end, kuduo were left at their owners' burial sites along with other personal possessions. If the kuduo belonged to a paramount chief, it would accompany his ceremonially blackened stool in a special room devoted to his spirit and memory. The refers to the saying wodi esono akyiri a hasuo nnka wo: "one who follows the track of the never gets wet from the dew on the bushes." which suggests that the safest place to find
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