Zemanek-Münster

Five goldweights: water and land snails

Ghana, Akan
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

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