TERA Gallery - African Art and Antiquities

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Type of Object:
    Asante Kuduo Urn

    This is an outsanding old urn showing super detail and patina. The
    Kuduo urn was religious. Offerings were placed in it to gain
    protection and well being from the ntoro, the inherited male soul-
    substance, that resided there. The figures on the top are similar to
    gold weight figures and may represent a proverb or the royal
    family.  This is an excellent collector’s artifact.

    The Asante region of southern Ghana is a remnant of the Ashanti
    Empire, which was founded in the early 17th century when
    according to legend, a golden stool descended from heaven into
    the lap of the first king, Osei Tutu. The stool is believed to house
    the spirit of the Asante people in the same way that an individual's
    stool houses his spirit after death. The art of Asante can be
    classified into two main groups: metalwork (casts of brass or gold
    using a lost-wax method and objects made of hammered metal
    sheets) and wood carvings

Ethnic Group:
            Asante Society


Country of Origin:  
    Ghana

Material:   
    Bronze

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