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Asante brass gold dust spoon “saawa”. Embossed brass sheet with crab image and overall crocodile form. WEIGHT 35.2 Shown here with natural gold grain. ex Netherlands private collection, ex The Africa Museum, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands.
Asante bronze gold weight in the form of a crab claw (direct cast from nature), 1 1/4 in. Provenance: E. Lorenz "Larry" Borenstein, New Orleans, Nov. 1973; Estate of Curator Scholar and Advocate of Outsider and Contemporary Art Bill Fagaly, sold to benefit Prospect New Orleans' William A. Fagaly Memorial Fund for Social Impact. Ill.: Burton, Marda. "Every Nook and Cranny: A Museum at Home". Veranda Summer 1995: p. 196-201;
Akan cast gold alloy pendant in the form of an abstract beetle or possibly the lozenge-shaped traditional design called “kontro bie” or "female crab" by the Ebrie, Côte d’Ivoire. H 5.9 cm. W 8.9 cm. Published: Lüthi, Werner & David, Jean (2009). Exhibition catalog: Helvetic Gold Museum Burgdorf. Gold in the art of West Africa. Zurich: Gallery Walu, p. 25. Exhibited: 2009: Helvetic Gold Museum Burgdorf.