Five goldweights: crocodiles · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036318
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 5,4 cm - 9,5 cm
L: 2.1 inch - 3.7 inch
Description
brass, with patina, two single crocodiles, three crossed crocodiles; proverb: “The crossed crocodiles have one belly - but when eating they struggle.”
Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, p. 188