Eight goldweights · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036792
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Ingrid Richter, Bergisch Gladbach, GermanySize
L: 3,5 - 7 cm
L: 3,5 - 2.8 inch
Description
brass, small crab, crab claw (cast from nature), sword, scabbard with trophy head, three ceremonial horns, two geometrical weights with swastika decor;
the scabbard contains a blade, while the handle of the sword is missing. It might have been removed on purpose in order to achieve the appropriate weight.
The object Eight goldweights with the object ID 3036792 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 234 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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