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
Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 854, 848, 878