Goldweight; Antelope or Bushbuck with Broken Base

Goldweight; Antelope or Bushbuck with Broken Base

Ashanti or Asante

Western Africa, Ghana

"This goldweight may depict a bushbuck, and it might thus relate to a proverb that specifically mentions the bushbuck, such as 'I have seen a baboon who let his hair grow long when his wife died; but you bushbuck, what is that to you?' Alternatively, it could also depict a young antelope, and in that case, it could illustrate one of the many proverbs mentioning these animals, such as, 'The antelope's tail may be short, but it brushes its body with it notwithstanding,' or 'The antelope does not go to the market, but its skin does.'"
Researched by Lillian Fitzpatrick and Rose Kenagy, MSU students, 2013, under Dr. Billie Follensbee.

Before 1985

20th c.

3.5 cm. h. x 1 cm. w. x 3.5 cm. d.

Sculpture

Brass or Bronze

cast

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stoneman

1985.124

1985

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