Zemanek-Münster

Five goldweights ·  Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3035579

sold EUR 300
Provenance
Albert Gsell, Tübingen-Lustnau, Germany
Size
L: 2 cm - 5 cm
L: 0.8 inch - 2.0 inch

Description

brass, in form of a chicken head, two birds, a club, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion


The object Five goldweights with the object ID 3035579 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 178 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Zeller, Rudolf, Die Goldgewichte von Asante (Westafrika), Leipzig, Berlin 1912, Tafel XIII, ill. 346, Tafel XV, ill. 399


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