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LOT 2365
African Ashanti Bronze Snake Gold Weight
AKAN TRIBE, 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 in. (144 grams, 25 cm).
D-shaped in section with impressed segmentation to the back, raised head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Oxford, UK, collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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