Eight goldweights: birds · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036293
sold
EUR 110
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
H: 1,8 cm - 4,5 cm
H: 0.7 inch - 1.8 inch
Description
brass, with patina, two pairs of birds on frame (trap?), several species of birds: hornbill, ibis, chicken, head of a cock;
proverb combined with the hornbill: “The great hornbill, I have lifted myself up, so the smaller ones should bow down” (said by the town crier when a paramount chief approaches his subordinate chiefs).