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The objects below have been sold. They are left here for educational and
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
ASANTE (ASHANTI), CEREMONIAL OBJECTS, iron and wood, Ghana
Asante metal ceremonial objects, like their stools, indicate status, power and succession of chiefs and kings. Held or displayed in public rituals and appearances they functioned as royal sceptres, symbolic swords and knives. Numbers 5 and 7 are also functional bells with their original clappers.
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