AKAN, Ghana/Côte d'Ivoire. Bronze and other alloys. Rare set of proverbial weights for weighing gold depicting human beings (a mother 4.5 cm / a hunter armed with a milking rifle 4.5 cm / a king seated on a stool 5.7 cm / a chicken seller 4.3 cm / a man seated with outstretched leg 3.8 cm / a flutist 4.5 cm, accidents. Provenance: François Bertrand Collection, Paris. Then by descent. Would have been acquired from the Maurice Ratton gallery (family tradition).