Five goldweights: weapons · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036380
sold
EUR 130
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, with patina, ceremonial sword with two blades, l: 5,3 cm; dagger in sheath, l: 9,3 cm; ceremonial sword with monkey-head emblem, l: 7,6 cm; ceremonial sword with trophee head, l: 6,7 cm; flintlock musket, l: 6,9 cm
The object Five goldweights: weapons with the object ID 3036380 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 320 achieved a sales price of EUR 130 with an asking price of EUR 100.
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