Kuduo Akan ceremonial pot from Ghana Ashanti Bronze Jar--3884

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Kuduo Akan ceremonial pot from Ghana Ashanti Bronze Jar-19/9 CM
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Kuduo Akan ceremonial pot from Ghana Ashanti Bronze Jar-19/9 CM
This piece is an Akan/Asante/Ashanti kuduo, created in Southern Ghana. A kuduo is a small vessel used for storing gold dust or other valuables. It was created using the “lost wax technique,” one of two main techniques the Akan (the largest ethnic group in Ghana) used in casting: direct casting and lost wax casting. In direct casting, a small object is encased in clay and then fired. The object inside (something like a shell, insect, or seed pod) is incinerated, and the clay shell remains and is then filled with molten metal. In lost wax casting, the technique used to make this piece, a sculpture is made out of wax and then coated in a thin layer of clay. The whole piece is fired, melting the wax and leaving an empty clay shell that molten metal is poured into. The clay shell is then shattered, leaving the finished metal piece.
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19/9 CM
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An original patina covers the item
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This piece is an Akan/Asante/Ashanti kuduo, created in Southern Ghana. A kuduo is a small vessel used for storing gold dust or other valuables. It was created using the “lost wax technique,” one of two main techniques the Akan (the largest ethnic group in Ghana) used in casting: direct casting and lost wax casting. In direct casting, a small object is encased in clay and then fired. The object inside (something like a shell, insect, or seed pod) is incinerated, and the clay shell remains and is then filled with molten metal. In lost wax casting, the technique used to make this piece, a sculpture is made out of wax and then coated in a thin layer of clay. The whole piece is fired, melting the wax and leaving an empty clay shell that molten metal is poured into. The clay shell is then shattered, leaving the finished metal piece.
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