AN AKAN "PROVERB POT", abebudie, of shallow conical form, modelled in high relief with quadrupeds, "ladders of death" and other motifs, black patina, damages, 31cm. diam.; an Ashanti bronze lamp, of goblet form, the rim cast in relief with four heads, 22cm.high; and a bulbous kuduo, on pierced base, a frog in relief to the cover, five frogs about the body, 18cm. high (3)

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AN AKAN "PROVERB POT", abebudie, of shallow conical form, modelled in high relief with quadrupeds, "ladders of death" and other motifs, black patina, damages, 31cm. diam.; an Ashanti bronze lamp, of goblet form, the rim cast in relief with four heads, 22cm.high; and a bulbous kuduo, on pierced base, a frog in relief to the cover, five frogs about the body, 18cm. high (3)

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Cf. Herbert Cole and Doran Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles, 1977, p.121, fig.258 for a similar proverb pot

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