20 goldweights · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3035583
sold
EUR 550
Provenance
Albert Gsell, Tübingen-Lustnau, GermanySize
L: 0,7 cm - 5 cm
L: 0.3 inch - 2.0 inch
Description
brass, geometric form in different sizes, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion
The object 20 goldweights with the object ID 3035583 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 188 achieved a sales price of EUR 550 with an asking price of EUR 300.
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Comparing literature
Zeller, Rudolf, Die Goldgewichte von Asante (Westafrika), Leipzig, Berlin 1912, Tafel II ff.