Five goldweights: anthropomorphic figures · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036371
sold
EUR 150
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
H: 3,5 cm - 7 cm
H: 1.4 inch - 2.8 inch
Description
brass, with patina, three of them armed (spear, rifle, dagger); a nursing woman; a standing man killing another with a stone
The object Five goldweights: anthropomorphic figures with the object ID 3036371 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 349 achieved a sales price of EUR 150.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 854, 848, 878