Shaping for the Fire Akan and Asante History and the Gold Trade * Gold- Handling Equipment * Goldweights: Lost-Wax Casting, Weight System, Designs, and Symbolism * Akan Goldweights and Proverbs Akan goldweights are always popular in both museum and private collections. Their animation, humor, and freedom of expression coupled with endless variety and detail excite curiosity about their origins and meaning. Such inquiry is rewarding, because goldweight forms often reflect Akan history ...

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Asante Information Location:Southern Ghana Population:1.5 million Language:Asante (Akan cluster of Twi) Neighboring Peoples:Baule, Fanti, Ewe, Dagomba Types of Art:Aside from the stools which have been mentioned above, the Asante are best known for their other royal arts, which include staff and umbrella finials, lost wax cast gold jewelry, and brass gold weights. Kente cloth is a high-prestige textile that was originally woven from imported silk and now is woven of rayon and oth ...

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