AKAN, Ghana/Côte d'Ivoire. Bronze and other alloys. Beautiful set of fish-shaped figurative weights -(a sawfish symbolising the man of power in the maritime regions 4.3 cm. It is attached to the proverb "when a sawfish attacks another fish, the victim never shows a tail". One scorpion 5 cm / two crocodiles 4.7 cm and 5.5 cm / two fish 5.5 cm and 6 cm. Provenance: François Bertrand Collection, Paris. Then by descent. Would have been acquired from the Maurice Ratton gallery (family tradition).