Antique African Ashanti Tribal Ghana Bronze Relief Figure Panel Door Artifact

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Antique African Ashanti Tribal Ghana Bronze Relief Figure Panel Door Artifact
Antique African Ashanti Tribal Ghana Bronze Relief Figure Panel Door Artifact
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Today we are happy to offer for sale a rare pair of antique African Ashanti Ghana bronze panel doors! A bit of info on the Ashanti peoples:
Ashanti, also known as Asante, are part of the Akan ethnic group and are native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana. The Asante speak the Twi language. The Twi language is spoken by over nine million Asante people as a first or second language.
The wealthy, gold-rich Asante people developed the large and influential Asante Empire, along the Lake Volta and Gulf of Guinea. The empire was founded in 1670, and the Asante capital Kumasi was founded in 1680 by Asantehene (emperor) Osei Kofi Tutu I on the advice of Ɔkͻmfoͻ Anͻkye, his premier. Sited at the crossroads of the Trans-Saharan trade routes, the Kumasi megacity's strategic location contributed significantly to its growing wealth. Over the duration of the Kumasi metropolis' existence, a number of peculiar factors have combined to transform the Kumasi metropolis into a financial centre and political capital. The main causal factors included the unquestioning loyalty to the Asante rulers and the Kumasi metropolis' growing wealth, derived in part from the capital's lucrative domestic-trade in items such as bullion.
The pair of doors is beautifully hand-crafted and detailed. The pieces are crafted of patinated bronze with low relief designs of warriors interspersed with geometrical designs. Each door has a hinge tip and small pull. The doors were most likely part of a ceremonial container or piece of furniture. They are of great craftsmanship and design. The set presents well and is in very good antique condition, with minor wear/scuffing, tarnish and patina commensurate with age. This great antique pair of bronze doors will make a fine addition to any antique African artifact collection. Fresh to the market!
Dimensions/ea: 8-3/4" in height, 5-3/4" in width, 1/8" in depth
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2016/2079/K/F
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