Five goldweights: water and land snails · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036359
sold
EUR 150
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 1,2 cm - 3,9 cm
L: 0.5 inch - 1.5 inch
Description
brass, proverbs: " You are as dirty as the water snail"; “If only the snail and the tortoise were left in the bush there would be no need to go hunting with a gun.”
Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 589 - 594