Featured African Brass Figure - Gold Weight?

Hi everyone - I'm new here and could use our input. Purchased this recently at auction and I'm having trouble identifying both the region and the purpose. It's about 6 inches tall and therefore too large to be a gold weight (I would think...). Stylistically, it doesn't strike me as Ashanti, either. Anyway, any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated..

Modest Muse

 

not any gold weight i've seen.....& not sure I'm getting an african vibe....

 

All the Ashanti weights I've seen are sand cast (rough finish) and don't look like this, but maybe this is an exceptional one?

 

Thanks, I was thinking maybe South Pacific but the material is wrong...

 

@Any Jewelry ...... have u seen this ?

 

I have - thanks for the props

 

I have.
The bad news is, it is not an Ashanti goldweight.
The good news is, it is much more rare and valuable. It is a Batak bronze ancestor figure from Sumatra, Indonesia.
That funny bend in the arms is seen on some Batak bronzes.

 

That is certainly what it looks like - thanks very much, Any Jewelry

 

As in, if she's legit she's worth a few Euro more than the OP spent?

 

Really appreciate the help, guys

 

I don't know how much she spent, but it is worth more than an Ashanti goldweight.
The figure is a he, btw, I think you missed a detail.

 

I saw the bun and didn't look further south.

 

Spent about $100 CAD. Just liked it...

 

I don't know much about exact values, but I know it is worth more.