Four european containers for nesting weights ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036450

Description

brass, with patina, one container (measure for four ounces), two small containers (measure for one ounce each), complete with set of all weights inside; one big container with six various weights;
these european stack- or application weights were not unusual to be found among the Akan sets of goldweights from 1600 up to the beginning of the 20th century.

The object Four european containers for nesting weights with the object ID 3036450 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 400 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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Comparing literature

Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 1280 Museum Liaunig (Hg.), Das Gold der Akan, Neuhaus o.J., p. 39